{"product_id":"the-fervent-years-the-group-theatre-and-the-30s-by-harold-clurman-very-good","title":"The Fervent Years: The Group Theatre and the 30's by Harold Clurman VERY GOOD","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback in Very Good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageTitleSection\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageTitleSection__title\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageMetadataSection\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__contributor\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ContributorLinksList\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ContributorLinksList\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ContributorLinksList\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was here that method acting, native realism, and political language had their tryouts in front of audiences who anticipated--indeed demanded--a departure from the Broadway \"show-biz\" tradition. In this now classic account, Harold Clurman, founder of the Group Theatre and a dynamic force as producer-director-critic for fifty years, here re-creates history he helped make with Lee Strasberg, Elia Kazan, Irwin Shaw, Clifford Odets, Cheryl Crawford, Morris Carnovsky, and William Saroyan.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ContributorLinksList\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStella Adler contributed a new introduction to this edition which remembers Clurman, the thirties, and the heady atmosphere of a tumultuous decade.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ex Libris Used Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49016493408483,"sku":"EXL002573","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/5675\/7951\/files\/s-l500-2026-05-26T120548.878.webp?v=1779811612","url":"https:\/\/www.exlibrismichigan.com\/products\/the-fervent-years-the-group-theatre-and-the-30s-by-harold-clurman-very-good","provider":"Ex Libris Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}