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In Harold Clurman’s book, The Fervent Years, he goes into great detail about working as a group. There is not much on the page about their inspiration to create the group. We think that their personal inspiration to make the group is an extremely part of their story. His book is full of inspiring stories and offers an insiders perspective on the group. At the height of the group, they accomplished much and put on significant productions. We believe that another subject should be added about their work at the height of their existence. Another significant text that discusses the group theatre’s dynamic (from more of an objective observer's perspective rather than a member) is Wendy Smith’s book Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America. Although this book is cited, we feel there is much more information that should be added to the page. Lastly, a book by Helen Krich Chinoy that was published last year titled The Group Theatre: Passion, Politics, and Performance, offers a detailed account of the group theatre. The book is very informative and offers many primary sources with some never before seen material. For example, it contains some of the transcript between Stanislavsky and Adler when she visited the Moscow Art Theatre. Because this book was published so recently, the information from it has yet to be added the the wikipedia page. Our main concern is to change that, to keep people informed of their story--away from the gossip and the heresay. We think that adding more detail about The Group Theater will help people understand it’s multifaceted and slightly debated history. There was a journey from their influence to create a group, through their struggles, and what came of the group after its demise. This page could be extremely informative for actors and theatre makers. It was a place of origin from some of the major players who shaped the way theater was created in America. We are planning on adding new sections and filling in details of already existing paragraphs. We are interested in filling in more information about the group dynamics--such as the one between Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. The page gives a brief summary of what happened but not why the group was created. If there aren’t enough edits to add, we were also considering editing Stella Adler’s page and adding a subject “The Group Theater” and filling in her involvement in the group on her page. Also on Lee Strasberg’s page there is only a brief mention of his involvement with The Group Theater so we could edit that subject heading as well.

Stella Adler Incredible teacher
 * Stella Adler Studio

Teachers

 * 1) Betsy Parish
 * 2) Paula Stevens
 * 3) Jimmy Tripp

Lee Strasberg

The Group Theater