{"product_id":"all-play-and-no-work-9781439922163","title":"All Play and No Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Drawing connections among American work culture, theater, and history, Paul Gagliardi’s valuable contribution to studies of the Federal Theatre Project focuses on little-studied performances centered on labor. \u003c\/i\u003eAll Play and No Work\u003ci\u003e illuminates federal theatrical contributions to Depression-era American work life and representation, thus highlighting the importance of Federal Theatre’s brief and significant American cultural moment.”\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cb\u003eLeslie Frost\u003c\/b\u003e, Teaching Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and author of \u003ci\u003eDreaming America: Popular Front Ideals and Aesthetics in Children’s Plays of the Federal Theatre Project\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eAll Play and No Work\u003ci\u003e is an essential study of the Federal Theatre Project, focusing on its long-neglected comedies. Paul Gagliardi demonstrates that comedic productions, from Eugene O’Neill’s \u003c\/i\u003eAh, Wilderness!\u003ci\u003e to popular con-artist comedies, were far from being merely light entertainment. Instead, these comedies reveal New Deal-era concerns surrounding the nature of labor and work. Combining cultural history, insightful textual analysis, and production histories, Gagliardi’s interdisciplinary approach contextualizes Federal Theatre Project comedies while bringing them to life in this indispensable book.”\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJulie Burrell\u003c\/b\u003e, Associate Professor of English, Africana Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies, Cleveland State University, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Civil Rights Theatre Movement in New York, 1939–1966: Staging Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408324403543,"sku":"9781439922163","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439922163.jpg?v=1730502445","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/all-play-and-no-work-9781439922163","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}