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The Plays and the Players  |  Musical Theater

Bassa Moona: The Land I Love (017.01.00)

Bassa Moona: The Land I Love
Scene from Bassa Moona, 1937. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (017.01.00)
Digital ID # ftp0017_01

The Plays and the Players  |  Modern Drama

George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion (053.00.00)

George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion
Scene from Pygmalion, 1937. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (053.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0053

George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion (055.00.00)

Federal Theatre Patrons
Theatre of the Four Seasons theater goers, July 30, 1937. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (055.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0055

Arthur Miller and the Federal Theatre Project (050.00.00)

Arthur Miller and the Federal Theatre Project
Arthur Miller. They Too Arise, 1937. Typescript. Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (050.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0050

Arthur Miller and the Federal Theatre Project (052.00.00)

“An unbearably dull play”
John Rimassa. Play reader report, 1937. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (052.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0052

Eugene O’Neill and the Federal Theatre Project (060.00.00)

Eugene O’Neill and the Federal Theatre Project
Marquee for Ah Wilderness! Rialto Theatre, Des Moines, Iowa, 1937. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (060.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0060

Eugene O’Neill and the Federal Theatre Project (061.00.00)

Ah Wilderness! Actors on Stage
Scene from Ah Wilderness! 1937. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (061.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0061

The Cradle Will Rock (066.00.00)

The Cradle Will Rock
Rehearsal for The Cradle Will Rock, 1937. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (066.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0066

It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis (076.00.00)

It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
It Can’t Happen Here, 1936. Silkscreen poster. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (076.00.00)
Digital I D

The Plays and the Players  |  Living Newspaper

Living Newspaper Performances (071.00.00)

Living Newspaper Performances
One-Third of a Nation, 1938. Silkscreen poster. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (071.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0071

Living Newspaper Performances (068.00.00)

Fatal Fire in the Tenement
Scene from One-Third of a Nation, 1938. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (068.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0068

Living Newspaper Performances (069.00.00)

Real Life Research
Play research photograph of woman living amid squalor in a tenement, ca. 1938. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (069.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0069

The Plays and the Players  |  Vaudeville

Vaudeville (029.00.00)

Vaudeville
Richard Halls. Federal WPA Variety Presents Vaudeville, 1936 or 1937. Silkscreen poster. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0029

Vaudeville (031.00.00)

Now You See Her . . .
Vaudeville magic act, July 1, 1936. Photogprah. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (031.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0031

Vaudeville (033.00.00)

Vaudeville Showgirl
Ready! Aim! Fire! showgirl, 1937. Photogprah. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (033.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0033

Fostering Talent (034.00.00)

Fostering Talent
John Morcom. Set design for a vaudeville production, between 1935 and 1939. Ink, watercolor, and tempura. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (034.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0034

The Plays and the Players  |  Children's Theater

Promoting Theater for Children (083.00.00)

Promoting Theater for Children
Children in line for an Alice in Wonderland matinee in San Diego, California, between 1935 and 1939. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (083.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0083

Promoting Theater for Children (094.00.00)

Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland," 1937. Silkscreen poster. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (094.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0094

Promoting Theater for Children (097.00.00)

Marionettes Tweedledee and Tweedledum
Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Alice in Wonderland, between 1935 and 1939. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (097.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0097

The Emperor's New Clothes (088.00.00)

The Emperor's New Clothes
Maxine L. Borowsky. Costume design for Zar and Zan in The Emperor’s New Clothes, 1936. Ink, watercolor, and pastel. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (088.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0088

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