Professor Mamlock, Los Angeles, 1938. 'Figueroa Playhouse - Limited Engagement - 3 Days Only - The Federal Theatre Yiddish Unit in "Professor Mamlock" - Friedrich Wolf's Sensational Social Drama - Directed by Adolph Freeman - Concert Orchestra - [Hebrew text]...'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances.

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