The Emperor Jones by Eugene ONeill with Ralph Chesses Marionettes – 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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This vintage poster of The Emperor Jones by Eugene ONeill with Ralph Chesses Marionettes brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Emperor Jones by Eugene ONeill with Ralph Chesses Marionettes
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Few posters from the Federal theater Project pair a serious American drama with puppets, which sets this 1937 silkscreen for *The Emperor Jones* apart. Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play follows Brutus Jones, a former Pullman porter who crowns himself emperor of a Caribbean island, then flees into the forest as drumbeats close in on him. Staging that story with the Ralph Chesses Marionettes was an unexpected choice for a production sponsored by the federal theater program, which employed artists during the Great Depression and brought live performance to audiences across the country.
| Created / published | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Serial no. 771. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press c1987 no. 118. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf 1997. · ONeill Eugene 1888-1953. Emperor Jones.Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 893 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 812_The_Emperor_Jones_by_Eu_1937 |
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