W.P.A. Federal Theatre Presents Faustus by Christopher Marlowe – Antique Poster Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: W.P.A. Federal Theatre Presents Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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W.P.A. Federal Theatre Presents Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
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The skeleton at the center of this 1936 poster sets it apart from the other Federal theater Project posters on the board. It advertises a New York production of Christopher Marlowe's *Doctor Faustus*, the Elizabethan tragedy about a scholar who trades his soul for knowledge and power, and the bony figure signals the play's themes of death and damnation. The Federal theater Project was a branch of the Works Progress Administration, created in 1935 to employ actors, designers and stagehands during the Great Depression. Its posters were printed by silkscreen, a relatively inexpensive method that let the project market productions cheaply across the city.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 87 Exhibit loan 4105-L. · Federal Theatre Project (New York N.Y.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Marlowe Christopher 1564-1593. Doctor Faustus. Theatrical productions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. Skeletons--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 985 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 721_WPA_Federal_Theatre_Pre_1936 |
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