WPA Federal Theatre Project 891 - presents “Horse Eats Hat” Maxine Elliott's Theatre. Color silkscreen. [Fairfax, Virginia, George Mason University, [between 1990 and 1997]. 1936.
Arlene Francis, Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles at a rehearsal of Horse Eats Hat.
Horse Eats Hat premiered at the Maxine Elliott Theatre on West 39th Street in New York on September 26, 1936 and it ran for 10 weeks. The comedy starred future Mercury Theatre stalwart Joseph Cotten with Welles; his wife, Virginia Nicolson; and Arlene Francis among Cotten's co-stars.’
Photograph of designer Nat Karson's costume design board for Mugglethorpe in the Federal Theatre Project production of Horse Eats Hat at Maxine Elliott Theatre. WPA Federal Theatre Project in NY. Project 891. Photograph, Federal Theatre Project. 1936
Library of Congress.
‘Photograph of the Wedding Party on its way to the Comtesse's reception in the Federal Theatre Project production of Horse Eats Hat at Maxine Elliott Theatre. WPA Federal Theatre Project in NY. Project 891. Photograph, Federal Theatre Project. September 1936.’
National Archives and Records Administration.
*Horse Eats Hat* is a 1936 farce co-written & directed by Orson Welles, his 2nd WPA production, after *Voodoo Macbeth*; an adaptation of the classic French farce *Un chapeau de paille d'Italie* by Eugène Marin Labiche & Marc-Michel, it starred #ArleneFrancis & #JosephCotten.