From Peril to Promise: The Social Responsiveness of American Theater in the 1930s and 40s
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Date of Lecture
4-6-2017
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Armstrong State University, A Moveable Feast
Description of Lecture
Out of the instability of the 1930s and ‘40s, playwrights, theater artists and composers created inspirational, socially responsive work with innovative theatrical practices. Doing so, they offered theatergoers an experience that encouraged new perspectives and lightened the burden of the day-to-day realities of economic depression and world war. By reacting to the perilous atmosphere of those decades with dramatic reflections on their situations, many playwrights hoped they might inspire individuals to conceive a propitious future. Join a company of Armstrong’s outstanding musical and theatrical performers and directors as they explore scenes from popular dramatic works of the period by Tennessee Williams, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Kaufman and Hart, demonstrating how these players promoted stability and hope during this extraordinary period in American theater.
Recommended Citation
Spears, Pam, "From Peril to Promise: The Social Responsiveness of American Theater in the 1930s and 40s" (2017). A Moveable Feast (2013-2017). 18.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/armstrong-moveable-feast/18
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