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   The Group Theatre was a theater collective based in New York City and formed in 1931 by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg. It was intended as a base for the kind of theatre they and their colleagues believed in—a forceful, naturalistic and highly disciplined artistry.

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   Group Theatre, company of stage craftsmen founded in 1931 in New York City by a former Theatre Guild member, Harold Clurman, in association with the directors Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg, for the purpose of presenting American plays of social significance.

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   Dec 29, 1997 · Premiere: 6/26/1989. In 1931, 3 young idealists, Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg, were inspired by a passionate dream of transforming the American theater. They recruited 28...

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5. literariness.org › 2021/04/14 › the-group-theatreThe Group Theatre – Literary Theory and Criticism

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   Apr 14, 2021 · Founded in 1931 by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford, and Lee Strasberg, the Group Theatre was an ensemble theater formed as a response to the old-fashioned theater of light entertainment that prevailed in the late 1920s.

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   The Group Theatre was a theater collective based in New York City and formed in 1931 by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg. It was intended as a base for the kind of theatre they and their colleagues believed in — a forceful, naturalistic and highly disciplined artistry.

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   Feb 25, 2023 · One of the most influential movements in New York's theatre history was the Group Theatre, a collective of actors, writers, and directors who sought to create a new kind of theatre that was socially relevant and politically engaged.

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   What was the Group Theatre?

   • The Group Theatre was a theater collective based in New York City and formed in 1931 by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg. It was intended as a base for the kind of theatre they and their colleagues believed in—a forceful, naturalistic and highly disciplined artistry.

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   How many actors were in the group theater?

   • They recruited 28 actors to form a permanent ensemble dedicated to dramatizing the life of their times. They conceived The Group Theatre as a response to what they saw as the old-fashioned light entertainment that dominated the theater of the late 1920’s.

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   How did the group theater change American theater?

   • Over its ten years and twenty productions, they not only met these goals, but altered the course of American theater forever. The Group Theatre was a company based on an ensemble approach to acting. First seen in the work of the Moscow Art Theater, the ensemble approach proposed a highly personal and cooperative method.

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   What happened to the Group Theatre?

   • Even the financial success of Clifford Odets’ “Golden Boy” in 1937 was not enough to halt the decline, and in 1941 the group dissolved. Despite its relatively short life span, The Group Theatre has been called the bravest and single most significant experiment in the history of American theater, and its impact continues to be felt.

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   How did the group theater influence the Chelsea Theater Center?

   • Institutionally, the Group Theatre influenced the Chelsea Theater Center, a later theater in New York (1960s and 1970s), born of idealism and destroyed by lack of funding and friction between its co-directors. Harold Prince invokes the group in his foreword to the book Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater.

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   What happened to the Group Theatre in the 1950s?

   • During the 1950s, many members of the Group Theatre were investigated by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee. While some, such as Kazan and Odets, cooperated with the committee and implicated others, most members refused to “name names” and were consequently blacklisted for years in Hollywood.

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9. newyorkimprovtheater.com › 2024/03/08 › the-groupThe Group Theatre: A Crucible of American Acting | New York ...

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   Mar 8, 2024 · The Group Theatre: A Crucible of American Acting. Posted on March 8, 2024 by Walt Frasier. New York City in the 1930s was a cauldron of social and economic upheaval. It was against this backdrop that The Group Theatre, a revolutionary force in American theater, was born.