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abbreviation
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FTP
self-linksurface differs
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country
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United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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director
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Hallie Flanagan
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dissolved
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1939
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employer
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actors
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employer
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designers
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employer
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directors
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employer
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playwrights
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employer
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stage technicians
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fieldOfWork
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performing arts
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fieldOfWork
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theatre production
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foundedBy
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United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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fundedBy
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United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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genre
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theatre
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hasEffect
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development of socially engaged theatre practices
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hasEffect
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expansion of access to theatre in the United States
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hasPart
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Federal Theatre Project
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surface form:
Negro Theatre Units
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hasPart
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children's theatre units
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hasPart
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regional theatre units
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headquartersLocation
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Washington, D.C.
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inception
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1935
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instanceOf
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New Deal program
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instanceOf
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government-funded theatre project
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languageOfWorkOrName
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English
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locatedInTimePeriod
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Great Depression
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mainPurpose
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develop experimental and socially relevant theatre
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mainPurpose
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offer low-cost or free theatre to the American public
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mainPurpose
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provide employment for theatre workers during the Great Depression
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notableProject
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Federal Theatre Project
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surface form:
Federal Theatre Project Circus
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notableProject
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Federal Theatre Project
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surface form:
Living Newspaper productions
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notableProject
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Federal Theatre Project
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surface form:
Negro Theatre Units
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operatedBy
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Works Progress Administration
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operatedIn
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Atlanta
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operatedIn
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Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
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operatedIn
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago
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operatedIn
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Cleveland
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operatedIn
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Dallas, Texas
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surface form:
Dallas
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operatedIn
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Los Angeles
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operatedIn
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New Orleans
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operatedIn
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New York City
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operatedIn
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San Francisco
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operatedIn
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Seattle
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parentOrganization
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Works Progress Administration
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partOf
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Works Progress Administration
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reasonForDissolution
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loss of congressional funding
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reasonForDissolution
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political controversy over alleged left-wing content
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significantPerson
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Hallie Flanagan
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significantPerson
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John Houseman
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significantPerson
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Orson Welles
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supervisingAuthority
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United States Department of Labor
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