Set Design for Sabine Women, Act III
By David Scott for the Federal Theatre Project, Works Progress Administration,
ca. 1937
Pastel on paper
12" x 14"
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects
Administration
Federal
Theatre Project Designs: Set Designs
As one of its efforts to employ some of the millions
of Americans left jobless by the Great Depression, the Works Progress
Administration's Federal Theatre Project produced a variety of stage productions.
In addition to hiring actors, directors, and dancers, the Theatre Project
also employed designers to draw sets and costumes for its shows. This
exhibit includes four drawings from hundreds of similar items in the holdings
of the National Archives.