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The Merry Wives of Windsor, Detroit, 1939. 'Detroit Federal Theatre Presents - Shakespeare's - The Merry Wives of Windsor'. 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.