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Prologue to Glory, Chicago, 1938. 'The Federal Theatre - Hallie Flanagan, National Director - George Kondolf, Director for New York City - "...the most satisfactory (play) of a work time life devoted to professional playgoing". Burns Mantle - New York Daily News - The Greatest Love Story in American History - "Prologue to Glory" - The Romance of the Young Lincoln by E.P. Conkle..."...Anne Rutledge is played and beautifully by Ann Rutledge, great-grand neice of the maiden Lincoln loved". Brooks Atkinson - Times...Blackstone 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.