THE PLAYBOOK: A STORY OF THEATER, DEMOCRACY, AND THE MAKING OF A CULTURE WAR BY JAMES SHAPIRO Scene Boxes organized by type

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you could receive a ticket

She could never make small talk at a party—or even get invited to one

this set allows you to build anything from a respectable local tavern to a hidden speakeasy where despicable characters meet

Are you ready to kick down the door and see what’s on the other side

THE PLAYBOOK: A STORY OF THEATER, DEMOCRACY, AND THE MAKING OF A CULTURE WAR BY JAMES SHAPIRO Scene Boxes organized by typeOne of The Smithsonian's Ten Best History Books of the Year 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