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Free Shows in the Parks, New York, [193-]. 'Caravan Theatres...Shakespeare - Bernard Shaw - Gilbert & Sullivan - Sinclair Lewis - Vaudeville - Music - The Dance - Free Shows in the Parks...Corlear's Park...Roosevelt Park...This Company Operates Biuses to Above Parks'. 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.