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Triple-A Plowed Under
''Triple-A Plowed Under'' is a Living Newspaper play produced by the Federal Theatre Project in 1936. Written by Arthur Arent from research by the editorial staff of the Federal Theatre Project and directed by Joseph Losey, it focused on the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 and the plight of Dust Bowl farmers. The production premiered on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre on March 14, 1936 and ran until May 2, 1936. Background The Federal Theatre Project, directed by Hallie Flanagan, was created in 1935 as one of the Works Project Administration's five Federal Project Number One projects to provide relief for unemployed actors, artists, writers, directors and theater workers during the Great Depression. They made use of the theatrical genre known as the Living Newspaper, which used drama to provide the public with information on social issues and current events. During World War I, American farmers were urged to increase crop production and stock-pile agricultural products t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living Newspaper
Living Newspaper is a term for a theatrical form presenting factual information on current events to a popular audience. Historically, Living Newspapers have also urged social action (both implicitly and explicitly) and reacted against naturalistic and realistic theatrical conventions in favor of the more direct, experimental techniques of agitprop theatre, including the extensive use of multimedia. Living Newspapers originated in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution, The English term is most often associated with the Living Newspapers produced by the Federal Theatre Project. Part of the federally funded arts program established under the Works Progress Administration in the United States of the 1930s, the Federal Theatre Project wrote and presented a number of Living Newspapers on social issues of the day, including '' Triple-A Plowed Under'', '' Injunction Granted'', '' One-Third of a Nation'', ''Power,'' and ''Spirochete.'' Controversy over the political ideology of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
