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Androcles and the Lion, [193-]. 'Federal Music Theatre...Belasco...An All Colored Production of George Bernard Shaw's Frantic Comedy - "Androcles and the Lion" - with Colored Choral Group of 50 Voices...A Federal Theatre & Music Project Presentation'. 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.