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Lights O' London, Hoboken, NJ, [193-]. 'Gala Revival of World's Greatest Melodrama - "Lights O' London" by Geo. R. Sims - Revised and Directed by Earle Mitchell - Aboard the Showboat "Buccaneer"...Rain or Shine'. Poster for play 'The Lights o' London' which was first staged in 1881. 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.