“The Theatre, When it is Good, Is Always Dangerous”
It was a Tuesday that sparked a great change in the contemporary America as it was known. It was the same Tuesday, that, years later through a string of events, would lead to daring political theatre engendered and made possible by the American government. This Tuesday would echo across the nation in innumerable aspects, but certainly made a great catalyst for new ideas in the creative world. Tuesday, October 29th, 1929, the American Stock market crashed, marking the beginning of the great depression. This ten year affair was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world.“ (History.com Staff) Theatre being an art form committed to exploring high stakes situations, it is fitting that the financial views of the United States …show more content…
Proving that Flanagan was the perfect Mother for Living Newspapers, Hopkins replied:
“It’s got to be run by a person who sees from the start that profits won’t be money profits. It’s got to be run by a person who isn’t interested just in the commercial type of show,,, This is an American job, not just a New York job. I want someone who knows and cares about other parts of the country.” (Kazacoff)
Hopkins was correct in his estimation of Hallie Flanagan and her mission to “create a theatre that could both entertain and instruct” (Guthu) , especially as Living Newspapers began to sweep across the nation. Through specific Living Newspaper productions such as Triple-A Plowed Under (Buttitta, Witham) and One Third of A
It was a Tuesday that sparked a great change in the contemporary America as it was known. It was the same Tuesday, that, years later through a string of events, would lead to daring political theatre engendered and made possible by the American government. This Tuesday would echo across the nation in innumerable aspects, but certainly made a great catalyst for new ideas in the creative world. Tuesday, October 29th, 1929, the American Stock market crashed, marking the beginning of the great depression. This ten year affair was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world.“ (History.com Staff) Theatre being an art form committed to exploring high stakes situations, it is fitting that the financial views of the United States …show more content…
Proving that Flanagan was the perfect Mother for Living Newspapers, Hopkins replied:
“It’s got to be run by a person who sees from the start that profits won’t be money profits. It’s got to be run by a person who isn’t interested just in the commercial type of show,,, This is an American job, not just a New York job. I want someone who knows and cares about other parts of the country.” (Kazacoff)
Hopkins was correct in his estimation of Hallie Flanagan and her mission to “create a theatre that could both entertain and instruct” (Guthu) , especially as Living Newspapers began to sweep across the nation. Through specific Living Newspaper productions such as Triple-A Plowed Under (Buttitta, Witham) and One Third of A