The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War

by James Shapiro

One of The Smithsonian's Ten Best History Books of the Year

A brilliant and daring account of a culture war over the place of theater in American democracy in the 1930s, one that anticipates our current divide, by the acclaimed Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro

From 1935 to 1939, the Federal Theatre Project staged over a thousand productions in 29 states that were seen by thirty million (or nearly one in four) Americans,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593490207
• ISBN13: 9780593490204
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"