TY  - GEN
T1  - Florence of America : a feminist in the age of McCarthyism
T2  - Regina collection ;
A1  - James, Florence Bean, 1892-1988
A1  - Freeman, Jean, 1934-
LA  - English
PP  - Regina, Saskatchewan
PB  - University of Regina Press
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1100070813
AB  - "Born on the Idaho frontier, Florence James was a New York City suffragette. The first to put Jimmy Cagney on stage, she founded both the Negro Repertory Theatre and the Seattle Repertory Playhouse. She worked with Francis Farmer, Paul Robson, and Helen Hayes, but her views on art and politics and her choice of plays led to a clash with the Un-American Activities Committee. In the wake of two Kafkaesque trials, where she condemned her persecutors as liars, she fled to Canada and kick-started professional theatre in Saskatchewan, the home to North America's first socialist government. This new edition of Fists Upon a Star (called "sensational" by Jimmy Cagney) tells an inspiring story of one woman speaking truth to power. Praise for earlier edition: "An amazing story of achievement, heartbreak, and endurance...But above all, it is a moving and powerful cautionary tale of what can happen, at any time of any age, when, in [Arthur] Miller's words, a whole world begins to cry 'spirits.'"--Moira Day, Department Head of Drama, University of Saskatchewan Jean Freeman is a celebrated performer and author and the recipient of ACTRA's Woman of the Year award and an honorary doctorate from University of Regina. She lives in Regina."--
OP  - 245
NO  - Originally published as Fists upon a star : a memoir of love, theatre, and escape from McCarthyism, by University of Regina Press, Regina, Saskatchewan, ©2013.
CN  - PN2287.J36 A3 2019
SN  - 9780889772618
SN  - 0889772614
SN  - 9780889776487
SN  - 0889776482
SN  - 9780889776494
SN  - 0889776474
SN  - 9780889776470
KW  - James, Florence Bean, : 1892-1988.
KW  - James, Florence Bean, : 1892-1988 : Exile : Saskatchewan.
KW  - James, Florence Bean, : 1892-1988 : Exil : Saskatchewan.
KW  - James, Florence Bean, : 1892-1988
KW  - Theatrical producers and directors : United States : Biography.
KW  - Feminists : United States : Biography.
KW  - Theater : United States : History : 20th century.
KW  - Anti-communist movements : United States : History : 20th century.
KW  - Producteurs et metteurs en scène de théâtre : États-Unis : Biographies.
KW  - Féministes : États-Unis : Biographies.
KW  - Théâtre : États-Unis : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - Anticommunisme : États-Unis : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
KW  - Anti-communist movements
KW  - Exile (Punishment)
KW  - Feminists
KW  - Theater
KW  - Theatrical producers and directors
KW  - Saskatchewan
KW  - United States
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - Autobiography
KW  - autobiographies (literary genre)
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - Biographies
KW  - History
KW  - Autobiographies.
ER  -