What impact did the little theater movement have on american drama?

The Little Theatre Movement began in the 1900s and was a reaction to the traditional large theatres of the time. Young actors, playwrights, technicians amd stage designers were interested in expressing new ideas in their work. For this they needed smaller, more intimate stage settings. At the peak of their popularity, dozens of Little Theatre groups  around the USA enjoyed the opportunity to present alternatives to mainstream commercial theatre. So American drama became a means of presenting viewpoints and philosophies that were outside of conventional thinking.

It supported experimental works that were not big moneymakers.

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 The “little theater” movement promoted experimental, noncommercial works.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)