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Big Blow, Boston, 1939. 'Big Blow - by Theodore Pratt - Drama of the Hurricane Country - Staged by Arthur Ritchie - Copley Theatre'.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.