Six Plays for Young People from the Federal Theatre Project (1936-1939): An Introductory Analysis and Six Representative Plays

by Lowell Swortzell

The subject of Swortzell's book is a selection of plays created by the Children's Theatre units of the Federal Theatre Project. . . . Most of the six plays in Swortzell's anthology resonate with political messages integral to the post-Depression, post-World War I era. . . . Though some of the scripts, like Chorpenning's A Letter to Santa Clause, which is an indictment of war, and Yasha Frank's Pinocchio, which celebrates the rewards...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313247803
• ISBN13: 9780313247804
• Release Date: March 1986
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7