Federal Theatre presents Big White Fog A negro drama by Theodore Ward staged by Kay E – 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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Federal Theatre presents Big White Fog A negro drama by Theodore Ward staged by Kay E 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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Federal Theatre presents Big White Fog A negro drama by Theodore Ward staged by Kay E
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This silkscreen poster advertises the Federal theater Project's staging of *Big White Fog*, a drama by Theodore Ward, and it is one of the few surviving theater posters that name the play and its Black author so prominently. Ward's play follows an African American family in the Depression-era Black community of New York, and its portrait of economic hardship and fading hope made it one of the most discussed productions the Federal theater staged. The Work Projects Administration commissioned posters like this one to publicize its theater, which employed writers, actors and designers and brought live drama to working audiences at low ticket prices.
| Created / published | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Ward Theodore 1902-1983. |
| Subjects | African Americans--1930-1940. Theatrical productions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. Fog--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,769 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 40_Federal_Theatre_present_1990 |
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