George Bernard Shaws 3 act comedy Captain Brassbounds conversion – 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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George Bernard Shaws 3 act comedy Captain Brassbounds conversion comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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George Bernard Shaws 3 act comedy Captain Brassbounds conversion
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Few Depression-era theater posters pair a classic playwright with a government program quite like this one. The Federal theater Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, employed out-of-work theater workers from 1935 to 1939 and staged plays cheaply for local audiences. This 1936 silkscreen advertises a Los Angeles production of George Bernard Shaw's three-act comedy *Captain Brassbound's Conversion*, which Shaw wrote in 1900 about a former slave trader turned self-appointed moralist. The silkscreen method was typical of the WPA poster workshops, which produced inexpensive designs in quantity.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Shaw Bernard 1856-1950. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles--1930-1950. Comedies--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,754 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 400_George_Bernard_Shaws_3_1936 |
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