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All play and no work : American work ideals and the comic plays of the Federal Theatre Project

Title

All play and no work : American work ideals and the comic plays of the Federal Theatre Project / Paul Gagliardi.

Author

Gagliardi, Paul, 1978-

Publication

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2024.
©2024

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Description

x, 200 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"This book examines how comic plays of the Federal Theatre Project challenged work norms promoted by the federal government during the Great Depression"--

Subject

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The work of the New Deal and the Federal Theatre Project -- The New Deal work ethic -- Acting work and FTP work -- Backstage comedies -- An overview of backstage comedies -- The torchbearers -- Room service -- A moral entertainment -- Middle-class work comedies -- Middle-class labor and the New Deal -- Ah, wilderness! -- To the ladies -- Comedies of chance -- Chance, culture, and government -- The show-off -- Mississippi rainbow -- Con artist comedies -- The confidence artist and society -- The Milky Way -- Help yourself -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

9781439922156
1439922152
9781439922163
1439922160
9781439922170 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2023013330

OCLC

on1374819469
SCSB-14674287

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library