Cincinnati Federal Theatre [presents] Pirates of Penzance [a] Gilbert & Sullivan oper – Vintage Poster
![Cincinnati Federal Theatre [presents] Pirates of Penzance [a] Gilbert & Sullivan oper, 1937 — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fc/fc2e3000452a-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with Cincinnati Federal Theatre [presents] Pirates of Penzance [a] Gilbert & Sullivan oper, a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Cincinnati Federal Theatre [presents] Pirates of Penzance [a] Gilbert & Sullivan oper
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Cincinnati's Federal theater unit printed this poster for Gilbert and Sullivan's *The Pirates of Penzance*, which may explain its place among the river pictures, since the opera's pirates and seafaring plot share the nautical theme. The Federal theater Project was a New Deal program run under the Works Progress Administration from 1935 to 1939. It employed out-of-work actors, designers and stagehands to stage plays for public audiences across the country, often at low ticket prices. The opera itself premiered in New York in 1879, and its comic operetta style made it a popular choice for community theater productions of the 1930s.
| Created / published | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Apr 17 1937. Poster design by James H. Murphy. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Sullivan Arthur Sir 1842-1900. Pirates of Penzance.Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Operas & operettas--Ohio--Cincinnati--1930-1940. Sailing ships. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,624 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 774_Cincinnati_Federal_Thea_1937 |
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