The Federal Theatre Project devised the concept of "living newspapers", theatrical performances that drew on journalistic and documentary materials to dramatize contemporary social and political issues.
The short history of the Living Newspaper is filled with drama of its own - censorship, resignation, political attacks.
The
title of this production about urban slum conditions derives from a speech by
President Franklin Roosevelt, in which he declared that "one-third of a nation"
was "ill-housed, ill-clad, and ill-nourished."Federal Theatre presented this
play. A Living Newspaper about housing, presented at Adelphi Theatre, 54th Street
east of 7th Avenue.
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Copyrighted
2001, United States
of America
Anita Gonzalez & Ian Granick