Florence Bean James

Florence of America

A Feminist in the Age of McCarthyism

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Produktbeschreibung

This new edition of Fists Upon a Star (called "sensational" by Jimmy Cagney) tells an inspiring story of one woman speaking truth to power--a memoir of a theatre visionary mowed down by an oppressive strain of American politics that continues to exist today.oday.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Regina Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 165mm x 127mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780889776470
• ISBN-10: 0889776474
• Artikelnr.: 55920103

Autorenporträt

Florence Bean James (1892-1988) was an influential and progressive figure in American theatre and the co-founder of the Seattle Repertory Playhouse (now the University of Washington's Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse). She moved to Canada in the 1950s and was instrumental in the founding of the acclaimed Globe Theatre in Regina.