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"'''Accident Policy'''" is a 3-act stage comedy which was performed | "'''Accident Policy'''" is a 3-act stage comedy which was performed from [[July 31]] to [[August 3]], [[1936]] by the "Colored Unit" of the New Deal [[Federal Theatre Project]] in [[Birmingham]]. | ||
The play, which is set in [[Birmingham]], with scenes at a home in [[Titusville]] and at [[Hillman Hospital]], was written by Arthur Akers and directed by Clyde Limbaugh. The cast included [[Russell Veal]], [[Annie Margaret Chisholm]], [[Felix Gaines]], [[Helen Brittain]], [[Charles Huff]], [[Addie Mitchell]], [[Ross Bogan]], [[Susie Carlo]], [[Chlora Dowdell]], [[James Malcolm]], [[George Malone]], [[Lillie Mae Littlejohn]] and [[Nettie Brown]]. | The play, which is set in [[Birmingham]], with scenes at a home in [[Titusville]] and at [[Hillman Hospital]], was written by [[Arthur Akers]] and directed by [[Clyde Limbaugh]]. The cast included [[Russell Veal]], [[Annie Margaret Chisholm]], [[Felix Gaines]], [[Helen Brittain]], [[Charles Huff]], [[Addie Mitchell]], [[Ross Bogan]], [[Susie Carlo]], [[Chlora Dowdell]], [[James Malcolm]], [[George Malone]], [[Lillie Mae Littlejohn]] and [[Nettie Brown]]. | ||
Proceeds from the play were used to benefit summer programs at the [[Alabama State University|Alabama State Teachers College]]. | |||
==References== | |||
* Flanagan, Hallie (1940) ''Arena: The History of the Federal Theatre.'' Duell, Sloan & Pearce | |||
* Poole, John R. (2001) "Making a Tree from Thirst: Acquiescence and Defiance in the Federal Theatre Project in Birmingham, Alabama". ''Theatre History Studies'' No. 21, pp. 27–42 | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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[[Category:WPA projects]] | [[Category:WPA projects]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:58, 27 May 2021
"Accident Policy" is a 3-act stage comedy which was performed from July 31 to August 3, 1936 by the "Colored Unit" of the New Deal Federal Theatre Project in Birmingham.
The play, which is set in Birmingham, with scenes at a home in Titusville and at Hillman Hospital, was written by Arthur Akers and directed by Clyde Limbaugh. The cast included Russell Veal, Annie Margaret Chisholm, Felix Gaines, Helen Brittain, Charles Huff, Addie Mitchell, Ross Bogan, Susie Carlo, Chlora Dowdell, James Malcolm, George Malone, Lillie Mae Littlejohn and Nettie Brown.
Proceeds from the play were used to benefit summer programs at the Alabama State Teachers College.
References
- Flanagan, Hallie (1940) Arena: The History of the Federal Theatre. Duell, Sloan & Pearce
- Poole, John R. (2001) "Making a Tree from Thirst: Acquiescence and Defiance in the Federal Theatre Project in Birmingham, Alabama". Theatre History Studies No. 21, pp. 27–42
External links
- "Accident Policy" playbill at the Library of Congress