In 1935, President Roosevelt set up state-funded theatre productions from the post-Depression unemployed; three years later, beneficiaries were returned to the dole queue
25 July 2024, The Tablet
Silencing Shakespeare
The opening night of Orson Welles’ 1936 state-funded production of Macbeth in Harlem
photo: Library of Congress American Memory Collection
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