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Potash and Perlmutter, Los Angeles, 1936. 'Mason Theatre...Alexander Carr in "Potash and Perlmutter" - Federal Stage Shows - Div'n W.P.A.'. Play by Montague Glass and Charles Klein - comedy featuring the characters Abe Potash and Mawruss Perlmutter, business partners in the garment industry. 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.