Voodoo Macbeth

"In 1936, the Federal Theatre Project (part of Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration) put unemployed theatre performers and employees to work. Welles was hired by John Houseman and assigned to direct a project for Harlem's American Negro Theater. He offered them Macbeth, set the production in the Haitian court of King Henri Christophe (and with voodoo witch doctors for the three Weird Sisters). Jack Carter played Macbeth. The play was rapturously received and later toured the nation. At the age of 20, Welles was hailed as a prodigy." (wikipedia)

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[Storyteller1959]

Having been a theatre major, I remember reading about this production for years. I never thought that any visual representation existed. Thank you for posting it.

[rtms1988]

@Storyteller1959 You're welcome.