Why Was The New Deal’s Federal Theater Project So Inspiring? It Never Took Theater’s Virtue Or Relevance For Granted

“(Hallie) Flanagan and her colleagues made theater an important expression of the American democratic experiment through force of will, passion, and ingenuity. And although that experiment was destroyed through a mix of reactionary perfidy and liberal wimpiness, the meaning of its story is not solely contained in its ending.” – The Atlantic (MSN)

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