In 1936 Ayn Rand was no fan of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal programs . So it may come as a surprisal to fans of Rand that the libertarian icon took money from the Works Progress Administration’sFederal Theatre Project . Like a batch of money .
Rand ’s court dramatic event “ Night of January 16th ” closed in New York in April of 1936 after a seven month running play . She then betray performance right wing to the WPA , assure she ’d get $ 10 per show — bringing in “ a low fortune ” for her throughout the late thirties . The play was arrange in theaters large and small around the entire nation .
The gimmicky production centers around a courtroom trial that was not unlike a theatrical Choose Your Own Adventure . Twelve men were selected each night from the consultation to flirt the role of jurors . These man were sometimes even paid for their difficulty as if it were a existent panel . They were free to adjudicate on the case like it was an actual trial and the conclusion of the maneuver changed from night to dark . Rand wrote different endings calculate on the possible decisions of the panel .
The lone Rand life that seems to mention the fact that she profited so nicely at the hand of the governing is the bookAyn Rand and the World She Madeby Anne C. Heller . The book take note that Rand was getting paid handsomely for her play , earning royalties of anywhere between $ 200 and $ 1,200 a workweek . To put that in perspective , the average American was clear about $ 1,500 a year . Damn moochers .
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