Collection Items
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Book/Printed MaterialPoster from Boston production of Macbeth (Copley Theater). Find…- Contributor: Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
- Date: 1934
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ArticleFTP Productions of The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, Macbeth… This presentation provides images of artifacts related to FTP productions of three plays: The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (6 productions), Macbeth by William Shakespeare (11 productions), and Power by Arthur Arent (7 productions). The artifacts include photographs, costume designs, set designs, playbills, incidental music (scores and parts), and posters. -
ArticleMacbeth (William Shakespeare) New York, April 14-June 20, 1936 New Lafayette Theatre Directed by Orson Welles Music by James P. Johnson, Porter Grainger, Joe Jordan, Asadata Dafora
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ArticleThe Tragical History of Dr. Faustus (Christopher Marlowe) New York, January 8, 1937 Maxine Elliott's Theatre Directed by Orson Welles Music by Paul Bowles
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ArticleWPA Publications in the Library Collections Because of its close connection to the federal arts projects of the 1930s-as participant, sponsor, and repository-the Library of Congress has the most comprehensive collection anywhere of publications produced by the WPA and related agencies. In addition to thousands of printed items, the collection includes as many mimeographed items that were cataloged and bound; they are listed in the Library's various catalogs and available…
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ArticleFederal Theatre: Melodrama, Social Protest, and Genius The economic vicissitudes of the American theater began long before the Great Depression. "Gambling in theaters as real estate, syndicates that fostered cross-country touring, a monopoly booking system short-cuts to acting by methods of type casting, and long runs"1 had made the commercial theatre the special province of a limited metropolitan clientele. As early as 1910, increased costs of railroad travel made touring companies…