Design by Mordecai Gorelik for John Howard Lawson's Processional

Title

Design by Mordecai Gorelik for John Howard Lawson's Processional

Subject

Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery; Set designers; Gorelik, Mordecai, 1899-1990

Description

Design by Mordecai Gorelik for John Howard Lawson's Processional. The modernist four-act play dramatizes the plight of striking coal miners under martial law and celebrates the working class with jazz music. First produced in 1925, it found greater success when it was revived under the Federal Theatre Project in 1937.

Creator

Gorelik, Mordecai, 1899-1990

Source

Mordecai Gorelik papers, 1899-1990, 1/3/MSS 147: Box 27, Folder 1

Publisher

Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Date

1924

Contributor

Hamilton-Brehm, Anne Marie, 1970-

Rights

For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please contact the Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Phone: + 1 (618) 453-2516. Email: http://reftrack.lib.siu.edu/reft100.aspx?key=SCRCEmail&cllcid=SCRR

Files

mss147_27_01_processional_test.jpg

Citation

Gorelik, Mordecai, 1899-1990, “Design by Mordecai Gorelik for John Howard Lawson's Processional,” SCRC Virtual Museum at Southern Illinois University's Morris Library, accessed April 25, 2024, https://scrcexhibits.omeka.net/items/show/349.

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