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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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on1416633075 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
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20240524100435.0 |
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240102s2024 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2023048102 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
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OCLCO |
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BDX |
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YDX |
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OCO |
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NFG |
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1396252588 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593490204 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593490207 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1416633075 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1396252588 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
n-us--- |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
792.0973 |
| Item number |
S529 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Shapiro, James, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1955- |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
38244 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The playbook : |
| Remainder of title |
a story of theater, democracy, and the making of a culture war / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
James Shapiro. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First. |
| 263 ## - PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE |
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| Projected publication date |
2405 |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Penguin Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
2024. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxii, 358 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
text |
| Content Type Code |
txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media Type Term |
unmediated |
| Media Type Code |
n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier Type Term |
volume |
| Carrier Type Code |
nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"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, two thirds of whom had never seen a play before. At its helm was an unassuming theater professor, Hallie Flanagan. It employed, at its peak, over twelve thousand struggling artists, some of whom, like Orson Welles and Arthur Miller, would soon be famous, but most of whom were just ordinary people eager to work again at their craft. It was the product of a moment when the arts, no less than industry and agriculture, were thought to be vital to the health of the republic, bringing Shakespeare to the public, alongside modern plays that confronted the pressing issues of the day-from slum housing and public health to racism and the rising threat of fascism. The Playbook takes us through some of its most remarkable productions, including a groundbreaking Black production of Macbeth in Harlem and an adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's anti-fascist novel It Can't Happen Here that opened simultaneously in 18 cities, underscoring the Federal Theatre's incredible range and vitality. But this once thriving Works Progress Administration relief program did not survive and has left little trace. For the Federal Theatre was the first New Deal project to be attacked and ended on the grounds that it promoted "un-American" activity, sowing the seeds not only for the McCarthyism of the 1950s but also for our own era of merciless polarization. It was targeted by the first House un-American Affairs Committee, and its demise was a turning point in American cultural life-for, as Shapiro brilliantly argues, "the health of democracy and theater, twin born in ancient Greece, have always been mutually dependent." A defining legacy of this culture war was how the strategies used to undermine and ultimately destroy the Federal Theatre were assembled by a charismatic and cunning congressman from East Texas, the now largely forgotten Martin Dies, who in doing so pioneered the right-wing political playbook now so prevalent that it seems eternal"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
United States. |
| Subordinate unit |
Congress. |
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House. |
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Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Theater and society |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Politics and literature |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
132291 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Culture conflict |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
63632 |
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C0 |
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NFG |
