Living Newspaper is a theatrical form presenting factual information on current events to a popular audience. Historically, Living Newspapers have also urged social action and reacted against naturali
Poster for Power, a Living Newspaper play for the Federal Theatre Project (1937)
Frank Marino as Mussolini with two other cast members in the first Living Newspaper production, Ethiopia, which was abandoned prior to its opening on January 29, 1936
Al Smith and the Supreme Court are silhouetted against the United States Constitution in a scene from Triple-A Plowed Under (1936)
The Consumer (Norman Lloyd, right) discovers there is only one electric company that he can deal with in the New York production of Power (1937).
Norman Nathan Lloyd was an American actor, producer, director, and centenarian with a career in entertainment spanning nearly a century. He worked in every major facet of the industry, including theat
Living Newspaper
…bias: Heinz was introduced holding a giant pickle; Dean Jennings of the Newspaper Guild trounced Hearst in a boxing match; and a clown (played by actor Norman Lloyd) served as master-of-ceremonies for the entire production, according to Cosgrove. Injunction Granted drew massive criticism and closed early. Losey…
Lloyd with the Federal Theatre Project in 1937
The Man Who Knows All (Robert Noack) explains the kilowatt-hour to the Consumer (Lloyd) in Power, a Living Newspaper play for the Federal Theater Project (1937)
Lloyd, Katherine Emery and Dean Jagger in the Broadway production Everywhere I Roam (1938)