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Voodoo Macbeth

A memorable Macbeth: Setting the Scottish play in 19th-century Haiti
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A memorable Macbeth: Setting the Scottish play in 19th-century Haiti

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Read about the 1936 “voodoo Macbeth” in this excerpt from The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War by James Shapiro.

Up Close: The voodoo Macbeth that generated jobs for Black Americans during the Great Depression
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Up Close: The voodoo Macbeth that generated jobs for Black Americans during the Great Depression

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A spectacular 1936 Federal Theatre Project production of “Macbeth” in New York City employed hundreds of black actors and theater technicians. It was financed by the Federal Theatre Project, a controversial part of the federal government’s New Deal programs to…

Orson Welles and the Voodoo 'Macbeth' that launched his directing career
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Orson Welles and the Voodoo 'Macbeth' that launched his directing career

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That’s a hot ticket! (Photo Credit: Library of Congress) Can you feel the feverish excitement in the air? This photograph from April 14, 1936, shows the crowded streets outside the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem on opening night for the Federal Theatre…