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Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: The Fervent Years: The Group Theatre And The Thirties ISBN13: 9780306801860 ISBN10: 0306801868 Author: Clurman, Harold (Author) Description: The Group Theatre Was Perhaps The Most Significant Experiment In The History Of American Theater Producing Plays That Reflected Topical Issues Of The Decade And Giving A Creative Chance To Actors, Directors, And Playwrights Who Were Either Fed Up With Or Shut Out Of Commercial Theater, The Group Remains A Permanent Influence On American Drama Despite Its Brief Ten-Year Life It Was Here That Method Acting, Native Realism, And Political Language Had Their Tryouts In Front Of Audiences Who Anticipated--Indeed Demanded--A Departure From The Broadway Show-Biz Tradition In This Now Classic Account, Harold Clurman, Founder Of The Group Theatre And A Dynamic Force As Producer-Director-Critic For Fifty Years, Here Re-Creates History He Helped Make With Lee Strasberg, Elia Kazan, Irwin Shaw, Clifford Odets, Cheryl Crawford, Morris Carnovsky, And William Saroyan Stella Adler Contributed A New Introduction To This Edition Which Remembers Clurman, The Thirties, And The Heady Atmosphere Of A Tumultuous Decade Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Da Capo Press Publication Date: 1983-03-22 Weight: 1 lbs Dimensions: 1'' H x 8.4'' L x 5.5'' W Number of Pages: 329 Language: English