{"product_id":"9780571372768","title":"The Playbook : A Story of Theatre, Democracy and the Making of a Culture War","description":"Author(s): Shapiro, James, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 06\/06\/2024, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 384 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Faber \u0026amp; Faber, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: FABER \u0026amp; FABER                  , \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: USA\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 241 x 161 x 30mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 598g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780571372768\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'GRIPPING AND FIERCELY URGENT.' - FINTAN O'TOOLE'FASCINATING, TIMELY, AND DEEPLY RESEARCHED.' - THE SPECTATOR'AN ABSORBING, NECESSARY BOOK.' - AYAD AKHTARFrom 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. As part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's progressive New Deal, the Work Progress Administration is created to support unemployed workers, including writers, artists, musicians and actors. The Federal Theatre Project, a major part of that programme, begins to stage critically acclaimed, subsidised and groundbreaking productions across America, including Orson Welles's directorial debut, a landmark modern dance programme and shows that sought to tell the truth about racism, inequality and the dangers of fascism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1938. An opportunistic Texas congressman, Martin Dies, head of the newly formed House Un-American Activities Committee, successfully targets the Federal Theatre, exploiting rising tensions over communism and creating a new political playbook based on sensationalism, misinformation and fear - a playbook that has proved instrumental in our current culture wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom one of the world's great storytellers, The Playbook is an invigorating re-enactment of a terrifyingly prescient moment in twentieth-century American cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46383132868845,"sku":"9780571372768","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780571372768_81650703-1f02-42a9-8153-21fb403d1671.jpg?v=1728676670","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780571372768","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}