Hollywood Playhouse [presents] Will Shakespeare by Clemence Dane His life and loves. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
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(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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Hollywood Playhouse [presents] Will Shakespeare by Clemence Dane His life and loves. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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This 1938 silkscreen poster advertises a Los Angeles production of Clemence Dane's play about William Shakespeare, titled "Will Shakespeare: His Life and Loves," staged at the Hollywood Playhouse. It is one of many posters produced under the Federal theater Project, the New Deal arm of the Works Progress Administration that employed artists, actors and designers during the Depression and promoted theater to audiences who could rarely afford it. The bold color screenprinting of the period gave these posters their striking flat shapes and lettering, and this one shows how the program used commercial-style graphics to draw crowds to stage productions across the country.
| Created / published | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Dane Clemence. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Shakespeare William 1564-1616--Portrayals. Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,755 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 830_Hollywood_Playhouse_pre_1938 |
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