Alisons house by Susan Glaspell a poetic romance. – 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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Alisons house by Susan Glaspell a poetic romance. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Alisons house by Susan Glaspell a poetic romance.
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This silkscreen poster advertises a Los Angeles production of Susan Glaspell's play *Alison's House*, staged under the Federal theater Project, a New Deal program that put unemployed theater workers back on stage during the Depression. The poster is dated 1936, and a later date, 4/19/38, is handwritten on its back. Glaspell's play, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1931, follows a family sorting through the private poems of a dead woman, Alison Stanhope, who is loosely modeled on Emily Dickinson. The poster's wording, "Alisons house," drops the apostrophe, as many printed notices of the period did.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date handwritten on verso: 4/19/38. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Glaspell Susan 1876-1948. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Romances--1930-1940. Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,221 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 787_Alisons_house_by_Susan_1936 |
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