{"product_id":"9780571372768","title":"The Playbook : Theatre, Democracy, and the Rise of America’s Culture Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Shapiro, James \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 06\/06\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 272 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780571372768,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the 'Winner of Winners' of the Baillie Gifford Prize, a timely and dramatic story of a utopian American experiment, and the self-serving politicians that engineered its downfall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1935. Franklin D. Roosevelt is under pressure to combat the skyrocketing levels of unemployment in post-war America. He announces a sweeping range of revolutionary initiatives, known collectively as the New Deal. Among these initiatives is a landmark programme designed to bring innovative, experimental theatre to the American masses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Federal Theatre Project staged critically acclaimed and wildly popular productions across America - including Orson Welles' directorial debut, a landmark early modern dance programme, and shows that sought to tell the truth about racism, poverty and the rising tides of fascism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1938. An opportunistic Texas congressman, head of the newly formed House Un-American Committee, targets the Federal Theatre Project, enflaming rising tension about communism and creating a new political playbook based on sensationalism, misinformation and fear - a playbook that has proved instrumental in today's Culture Wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom one of the world's great storytellers, Playbook is an invigorating re-enactment of a terrifyingly prescient moment in 20th-century American cultural history, the dimensions of which echo through every democracy today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43056244424748,"sku":"9780571372768","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780571372768.jpg?v=1712661208","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780571372768","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}