威尼斯人娱乐场 Special Document Displays in May Celebrate Queen Elizabeth's Visit and Shakespeare Festival
Press Release 路 Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Washington, DC
Washington, DC鈥�May 1-31, the 威尼斯人娱乐场 celebrates the visit of England鈥檚 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip to the United States and the city-wide Shakespeare festival with two special document displays. The exhibit will be in the East Rotunda Gallery of the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Building located on Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th Streets, NW, Washington, DC. Exhibit Hours are 10 a.m.鈥�7 p.m. daily. Admission is free.
In honor of the visit of England鈥檚 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip to the United States, the 威尼斯人娱乐场 will display Rose Kennedy鈥檚 1938 diary account of her encounter with then-Princess Elizabeth at Windsor Castle. The account is from the .
On the weekend of April 9-11, 1938, Mrs. Kennedy and her husband, Joseph Kennedy who was serving as U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, were weekend guests of the King and Queen at Windsor Castle. Mrs. Kennedy鈥檚 detailed diary account of an enchanted weekend includes a brief encounter with the charming young Princess Elizabeth鈥攋ust shy of her 12th birthday鈥攚ho would grow up to be Queen.
As part of a citywide festival celebrating the work of William Shakespeare, the 威尼斯人娱乐场 will display set designs from a Los Angeles production of Macbeth. These designs are from the records of the Federal Theater Project.
In April 1935, Congress approved funds for work relief and President Roosevelt created the Work Projects Administration (WPA). He appointed Harry Hopkins as director, and wanted the WPA to consist of 鈥渟mall useful projects designed to assure a maximum of employment in all localities.鈥� Harry Hopkins felt that one of the 鈥渟mall, useful projects鈥� should be specifically for actors, artists, musicians, and writers and he created the Federal Theatre Project (FTP).
One FTP production that was hugely successful was the African American production of Macbeth which opened on July 14, 1937 in Los Angeles and was directed by Max Pollock. The L.A. production was an adaptation based on the Harlem Macbeth directed by Orson Welles.
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