Title Fists upon a star : a memoir of love, theatre, and escape from McCarthyism / Florence Bean James, with Jean Freeman

Published Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Series Canadian plains studies ; 62 Canadian plains studies ; 62. Contents Preface / Jean Freeman -- Introduction / Mary Blackstone -- Fists Upon a Star -- Epilogue / Rita Shelton Deverell -- Appendix 1: Seattle Repertory Playhouse productions, 1928-29 to 1947-48 -- Appendix 2: Telegram from James Cagney to Florence, October 26, 1976 -- Appendix 3: 1977 Christmas Letter from Florence James Summary 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 Notes Includes index Subject James, Florence Bean, 1892-1988. James, Florence Bean, 1892-1988 -- Exile -- Saskatchewan SUBJECT James, Florence Bean, 1892-1988 fast Subject Theatrical producers and directors -- United States -- Biography Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century Anti-communist movements Exile (Punishment) Theater Theatrical producers and directors Saskatchewan United States Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book Author Freeman, Jean, 1934- author ISBN 9780889772618 0889772614

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