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Rice was active in the WPA Federal Theatre Project for a short time in the mid-1930s. He also championed the American Civil Liberties Union and the cause of free speech, and in the 1950s he was an opponent of U.S. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy.
The Living Newspaper was initiated in the United States in 1935 as part of the Federal Theatre Project. One of its major supporters was Elmer Rice, a dramatist and producer who believed in the value of drama as an instrument of social change.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Living Newspaper was initiated in the United States in 1935 as part of the Federal Theatre Project. One of its major supporters was Elmer Rice , a dramatist and producer who believed in the value of drama as an instrument of social change .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Rice was active in the WPA Federal Theatre Project for a short time in the mid-1930s. He also championed the American Civil Liberties Union and the cause of free speech, and in the 1950s he was an opponent of U.S. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Since Iowa City was also the meeting place for the National Theatre Conference that year, Hopkins addressed a group of theater people which included Elmer Rice, Paul Green, Gilmor Brown, and most of the other people who would become regional directors.
The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was designed to re-employ theater workers on public relief and to... Contributor: Federal Theatre Project Collection (Library of Congress) - Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
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