One-Third of a Nation
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One-Third of a Nation is a 1938 Living Newspaper stage production that dramatized the urgent issues of urban housing and poverty in the United States during the Great Depression.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Living Newspaper production
ⓘ
stage production ⓘ theatrical play ⓘ |
| addresses |
economic inequality
ⓘ
government responsibility for housing ⓘ public health in slums ⓘ |
| aim |
advocacy for social reform
ⓘ
public education on housing issues ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Works Progress Administration ⓘ |
| basedOn | contemporary news reports ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dramaticForm | episodic structure ⓘ |
| dramaticTechnique |
didactic presentation
ⓘ
direct address to audience ⓘ montage of scenes ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1938 ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary theatre
ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ |
| historicalContext | New Deal era ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general public ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| partOf |
Federal Theatre Project
ⓘ
surface form:
Living Newspaper series
|
| producedBy | Federal Theatre Project ⓘ |
| productionType | publicly funded theatre ⓘ |
| setting | urban United States ⓘ |
| subject |
Great Depression
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Depression in the United States
housing reform ⓘ poverty ⓘ slum conditions ⓘ urban housing ⓘ |
| theme |
government reform
ⓘ
human cost of poverty ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | Great Depression ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | Franklin D. Roosevelt’s phrase "one-third of a nation" ⓘ |
| uses |
multimedia projections
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narration ⓘ statistical data ⓘ |
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