Get Flanagan: The Rise and Fall of the Federal Theatre Project

This thesis is an attempt to render theatrically the establishment and eventual dissolution of the Federal Theatre Project, from the point of view of its appointed director Hallie Flanagan. Drawn from a variety of historical sources, including subjective first-person accounts and objective transcripts of congressional investigation testimony, the play approximates the structure of the Living Newspaper, a style of presentation adopted by the Federal Theatre Project. This thesis also includes an appendix, which details my playwriting process for this particular play, from initial concept through to production.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.F.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Drama and Communications

Year

2004

Author dc:creator

• Patterson, Sean

Contributors dc:contributor

• Karnell, Philip
• Wonk, Dalt
• Hoover, David

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• New Deal
• Great Depression
• Harry Hopkins
• Dies Committee
• Communism
• House Un-American Activities Committee
• Martin Dies
• Orson Welles
• John Houseman

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/183

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-1187