Federal Theatre presents Trojan incident Based on Homer and Euripides / Burroughs. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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 Federal Theatre presents Trojan incident Based on Homer and Euripides / Burroughs.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Federal Theatre presents Trojan incident Based on Homer and Euripides / Burroughs.
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A silkscreen poster for the Federal theater Project's production of *Trojan Incident*, adapted from Homer and Euripides, brings the Trojan War story to New York stages in the late 1930s. The Federal theater was one of the arts projects of the Works Progress Administration, created in 1935 to employ actors, designers and stagehands during the Depression. Its posters were printed in bold, flat colors meant to catch the eye on busy city streets. A date stamp on the back of this copy reads September 2, 1938.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 240 · Federal Theatre Project (New York N.Y.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Trojan War. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 987 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 866_Federal_Theatre_present_1936 |
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