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Yiddish Drama, [193-]. 'The Federal Theatre Presents - Yiddish drama - A Repertoire of hte Finest Yiddish Classics - "Eternal Wanderer" by Ossip Dymov - "Uptown & Downtown", Kornbluth's Intimate Comedy - "Jewish King Lear" by Jacob Gordin, Boris Thomashefsky's Adaptation - "Another King Lear" Harry Thomashefsky's English Version...Cast of 50 - A Municipal Theatre Production'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. 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.