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The Cricket on the Hearth, San Francisco, 1937. 'Charles Dicken's Immortal Play - "The Cricket on the Hearth" - Alcazar [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.