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Fists upon a Star - A Memoir of Love, Theatre, and Escape from McCarthyism (Hardcover)
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Fists upon a Star - A Memoir of Love, Theatre, and Escape from McCarthyism (Hardcover)
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" Fists upon a Star" is the hard-hitting memoir of Florence James,
a pioneering American theatre director, whose devastating
experience with McCarthyism led her to flee to Canada.
The memoir is as epic as America itself. Born in 1892 in the
frontier society of Idaho, she became a suffragette in New York
City, was the first to put Jimmy Cagney on stage, and along with
her husband, Burton, founded the Negro Repertory Theater and the
nationally recognized Seattle Repertory Playhouse. With star
appearances by Woody Guthrie and Helen Hayes, the memoir
beautifully illustrates the evolution in her personal life and the
development of professional theater during the Great Depression,
World War II, and the McCarthy period.
James believed that theatre could offer both an uplifting artistic
experience and the tools to advance community development. Her
views on art and politics and her choice to stage what some saw as
controversial plays led to a clash with the Un-American Activities
Committee. After two Kafkaesque trials, a conviction for refusing
to follow Committee rules, and being manhandled by police, she fled
to Canada.
After settling in Saskatchewan (where she pioneered professional
theatre) with her beloved husband, Burton, she marvelled over the
"simplicity of causes" that brought the U.S. Government down upon
her: "unionism, the eight-hour day, free speech, an uncensored
press, freedom from poverty in old age, and health programs... Most
of these principles are now the law of the land...But the struggle
is hardly over."
Written thirty-five years ago with celebrated actress Jean Freeman,
James's memoir sheds light on a fully realized creative life, her
love for Burton, and a fascistic strain of American politics that
continues to exist today.
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