1936: After a five-night run, the audience at the Park Theater in Bridgeport, Connecticut, applauded the closing night performance of Macbeth, produced by John Houseman and directed by Orson Welles for the Federal Theater Project (FTP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The FTP was one of five arts-related projects established during the first term of President Franklin D.Roosevelt to assist unemployed writers, actors, and artists during the Great Depression. (Source: Library of Congress)