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agitprop

Soviet government bureau established in September 1920 in charge of communist agitation and propaganda. The idea was later developed by left-wing groups in the West for the use of theatre and other arts to convey political messages.



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The practices of ritual theater, street theater, agit prop theater, environmental performance, and poor theater have been subsumed as aesthetic devices, while their political pertinence has been lost in the increased commodification of the proscenium in the United States.
Based on a nonlinear narrative, supplemented by a theatrical chorus that describes places and events, hers is a didactic theater not unlike agit prop or street theater.
 
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