The Fervent Years: The Group Theatre And The Thirties

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 ...