Furious improvisation : how the WPA and a cast of thousands made high art out of desperate times / Susan Quinn.

Author: Quinn, Susan, 1940-

Publisher: New York : Walker, c2008.

ISBN: 9780802716989 (alk. paper)
0802716989 (alk. paper)

Description: p. cm.

Subject: United States. Work Projects Administration.
Federal Theatre Project (U.S.).

Contents: On the train -- Harry -- Hallie -- Great plans for millions -- Ethiopia -- Entr'acte one: CCC murder mystery -- Triple-a plowed under -- The simple and the difficult -- Do you voodoo? -- Entre'acte -- It can't happen here -- Under a powerful star -- The cradle will rock -- Chants of the prairies -- The west -- Past is present -- Enter HUAC -- Marlowe's ghost -- An act of Congress.