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Music Division, Library of Congress

Browse Productions of Macbeth, Power, and The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus
This online presentation includes over 3,000 images of items selected from the Federal Theatre Project Collection at the Library of Congress. Featured here are stage and costume designs, still photographs, posters, and scripts for productions of Macbeth and The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus as staged by Orson Welles, and for Power, a topical drama of the period. The Federal Theatre Project was one of five arts-related projects established during the first term of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In coming months, additional documents from the collection will be added to this online presentation.
Special Presentation:
Four Illustrated Articles

The WPA Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939

Playscripts

Finding Aid

Digitizing the Collection:
Overview | IBM Project Report

Viewer Information:
Text and Images

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