THE FEDERAL THEATRE PROJECT
RESEARCH/SOURCE MATERIAL
We invite you to explore some of the resources that were used in the creation of this Performing History project.
Archives
Hallie Flanagan Papers, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library
National Archives: FTP Playbills
Books and Plays
Arena by Hallie Flanagan
It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis and John C. Moffitt (1936)
Pins and Needles, musical revue book by Arthur Arent, Marc Blitzstein, Emmanuel Eisenberg, Charles Friedman, David Gregory, Joseph Schrank (1937)
The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein (1937)
The Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939: Engagement and Experimentation by Rania Karoula (2021)
Voices from the Federal Theatre, by Bonnie Nelson Schwarz and The Educational Film Center (2003)
Online Resources
Federal Theatre Project Play Scripts, Library of Congress
Living Newspapers, Library of Congress blog
Library of Congress Digital Collection: Federal Theatre Project
Works Progress Administration: Life Histories, Library of Virginia
The Federal Theatre Project Collection, George Mason University
Voices of the WPA, George Mason University
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