Historic Photo Gallery: 1921 to 1940
1938
In fall 1938 the Walnut was taken over by the Federal Theatre Project.
That December they brought in a touring production of
Prologue to Glory
starring Stephen Courtleigh (right) and Ann Rutledge. The play, a reverent
depiction of Abraham Lincoln's early years as a small-town lawyer in Illinois,
was dismissed by critics.
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