Streamlined Shakespeare - winters tale and midsummer nights dream Cut versions (S) Fede – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Streamlined Shakespeare - winters tale and midsummer nights dream Cut versions (S) Fede. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Streamlined Shakespeare - winters tale and midsummer nights dream Cut versions (S) Fede
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This 1936 silkscreen poster advertises a Los Angeles staging of two Shakespeare plays, *The Winter's Tale* and *A Midsummer Night's Dream*, in shortened "streamlined" versions. The Federal theater Project, a branch of the Works Progress Administration, sponsored the productions to employ theater workers during the Great Depression and to bring classic drama to audiences who could not usually afford it. Its posters were made by WPA artists using silkscreen, a method that allowed bold flat areas of color and large runs at low cost. The poster is a useful record of how the government put artists and actors to work during those years.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Shakespeare William 1564-1616. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 907 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 877_Streamlined_Shakespeare_1936 |
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