Theatre in America During the 1930s.

theater in America during the 1930s. During the 1930s, the American Dream had give way a nightmare be feature of the Great Depression. The sudden dusk in stock exchange had threatened the land. What was once the land of optimism, had become the land of despair. The promise for success was clearly not fulfilled. Americans started to question and charge up the government (rebelling). Society had led to a theatre that was politically and socially conscious The vision of the American Dream is broad, everyone is free, equal and has limitless opportunities. Life, self-reliance and the pursuit of happiness is what the American strives for.No one is oppressed or starved and nothing can stop a person from their ambitions. Hard bring in to improve ones position in life is promoted. This is the saint life of an American citizen, but sadly, this wasnt the case in the 1930s. income of the norm American family was reduced by 40%, from $2,300 to $1,500. Instead of advancement, survival bec ame the keyword. Institutions, attitudes, lifestyles changed in this decade but democracy prevailed. -(www. kclibrary. lonestar. edu/decade30. html) Although this was happening, people did what they could to make their lives happy. Parlor games, identity card games and movies were popular.Movie houses opened as theatres closed down. Group theatre was considered the most high-and-mighty acting company of the 1930s and modelled on the Moscow Acting Theatre. (Dramatic arts textbook, pg 210) The birth of professional American Theatre begun with the Lewis Hallam troupe during 1752. Theatre was for those who were enkindle in a theatre which reflected political and social ideals, e. g. Tennessee Williams (T. W). Broadway, Group Theatre and Theatrical Realism was incorporated into T. Ws book, The deoxyephedrine Menagerie. The Glass Menagerie is partly autobiographical because Tom represents the author as well.Tom is essentially the memory to T. Ws youth. Although T. W writes of his past, he also focuses on the socio-political issues of the American life. Toms mother, Amanda Wingfield, is the perfect example of the negative in the American Dream. She forces the American Dream upon her children and this suffocates them. In scene 3, Amanda and Tom fight, so Tom ends up calling her a witch. Amanda is still having a securely time coming to the new terms of her status in union because she grew up in a home of social fortune. But she does cause the problem between herself and Tom.