Weavers of dreams, unite! actor's unionism in early twentieth-century America /

Holmes, Sean P.

Weavers of dreams, unite! actor's unionism in early twentieth-century America / Sean P. Holmes. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (x, 222 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: weavers of dreams, unite! -- The great text in our economy today: the American theater in an age of organization -- The sock and Buskin or the artisan's biretta: reconciling art and labor in the Actors' Equity Association, 1913-1919 -- All the world's a stage: the actors' strike of 1919 -- Protecting the high-minded actor and the high-minded manager in equal part: occupational unionism in the American theater industry, 1919-1929 -- For the dignity and honor of the theatrical profession: respectability and unrespectability in the Actors' Equity Association, 1919-1929 -- Ain't no peace in the family now: the Actors' Equity Association and the movies, 1919-1929 -- Epilogue.



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Actors' Equity Association--History.


Actors--Labor unions--History--United States--20th century.
Theater--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic Books.

PN2016 / .W438 2013