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This media file is a photograph of a book page, featuring an illustration of a stage setting and accompanying text. The illustration depicts a minimalist stage design with a backdrop that suggests an interior scene, complete with a doorway and a framed picture on the wall. Several pieces of furniture, including chairs and a table, are placed on the stage. Below the illustration, there is a caption crediting the setting to Robert Edmond Jones for an Arthur Hopkins production of "The Devil's Garden." The main body of the text discusses the American theatre scene, mentioning playwrights like Elmer Rice, Sidney Howard, S. N. Behrman, and Eugene O'Neill. It highlights the contribution of theatrical imagination and group expression, and the social and political influences on theatre in the 1930s. The Federal Theatre and the Mercury Theatre are also mentioned, along with directors like Hallie Flannagan, Orson Welles, John Houseman, Harold Clurman, Lee Strasberg, and Cheryl Crawford, and their desire to convey a message through their plays with consistent theatrical technique. The text also includes a name at the top left, "Helen Krich Chinoy." The image is well-lit, and the text is legible.
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