One third of a nation
Contributors: Bay, Howard; Hack, Moe; Wainer, Lee; Rammelkamp, Rhoda; Barber, Philip W. (Philip Willson), 1903-1981; Arent, Arthur; Federal Theatre Project (U.S.); Adelphi Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1938
Language: eng
Other titles: Living newspaper.
Description: The Federal Theatre, USA Work Program, WPA, Hallie Flanagan, national director, George Kondolf, director for New York City presents "One-Third of a Nation," a living newspaper about housing by Arthur Arent, based on research compiled by the editorial staff of the Living Newspaper, staged by Lem Ward, setting by Howard Bay, lighting by Moe Hack, music by Lee Wainer, costumes by Rhoda Rammelkamp, produced by Philip Barber. Theater program in form of tabloid newspaper.
Notes: Adelphi Theatre, opened Jan. 17, 1938.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Charles Dill, James Williams, Roy LeMay, Nat Loesberg, Charles Deighan, May Ritchie, Jennie Wren, John Pote, Pat McCullagh, Edwin Whitner, Max Hirsch, Dick Fitzgerald, Tom Harris, Wayne Nunn, Richard Keller, Snitz Moore, Alexander Polak, Peter King, George A. Ryan, Lawrence Hawley, Hugh Banks, William Burbridge, Robert Ward, James J. Coyle, Zack Maccubbin, Thurlow Bergen, Robert Noack, Sidney Riggs, Phil Bishop, Sam Bonnell, Robert Mack, Ed Brandon, Robert Linwood, Clarence R. Chase, Joseph Dixon, Virginia Daly, Eugene MacGregor, Beatrice Hendricks, Don Stewart, William S. Phillips, Mickie Jacobie, Miriam Goldina, Louise MacGregor, Joan Danton, Jean Thomas, Anne Voorhees, Robert Ward, George A. Ryan, William Parke, Richard Huett, Lawrence Hawley, Robert Linwood, Emile Metras, Janet McGuiness, Mathilde Baring, Marion Day, William Burbridge, Richard Kellar, David Resnikoff, Dorothy Gammon, Jane Howe, Nancy Skidmore, Pat McCullagh, Beatrice Olson, Tommi Bissell, George Batson, Dick Fitzgerald, Paul Jacchia, Alma McKee, William La Var, Anne Ashley, George Colan, Vladimir Perloff, Catherine Huth, Mavis Walsh, Helene Ambrose, Edith Groome, Peter King, Add Bates, Kermit Augustine, Alexander Polak, Richard Keller, Don Stewart, Doris Francis, Leopold Badia, Aurelio Tobias, James Williams, Nancy Skidmore, Lois Gray, May DLourier, Marion Day, Alma McKee, Mathilde Baring, Ma De Lourier.

"The living newspaper, vol. V, no. 4".

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).