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Voodoo Macbeth

The Voodoo Macbeth is a common nickname for the Federal Theatre Project's 1936 New York production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Orson Welles adapted and directed the production, moved the play's setting from Scotland to a fictional Caribbean island, recruited an entirely Black cast, and earned the nickname for his production from the Haitian vodou…

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Genre
Tragedy
Date
April 14, 1936
Original language
English
Place
Lafayette Theatre, Harlem, New York
Written by
William Shakespeare (play) · Orson Welles (adaptation)

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Voodoo Macbeth

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Influence · 23
Voodoo Macbeth → April, Bob Devin Jones, Calvin, Cinematic Arts, Cleveland International Film Festival, Erica Sutherlin, Florida, In, Inger Tudor, Jewell Wilson Bridges, Jones, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Orson Welles, Petersburg, Produced, Rose McClendon, St, Studio, The
related to External links · 17
Voodoo Macbeth → April, Archived, CongressMacbeth Deprecated, Footage, George Mason University, Internet Broadway DatabasePreserved Films, January, June, Library, Macbeth, March, National Film Preservation FoundationMacbeth, New York City, Orson Welles's Voodoo Macbeth, Production, The New Deal Stage, Wayback Machine
related to Reception · 10
Voodoo Macbeth → According, Before, Canada Lee, Harlem Communists, One, Seventh Avenue, Shakespeare, The, Welles, Welles's
Written by · 2
Voodoo Macbeth → Orson Welles (adaptation), William Shakespeare (play)
Date · 1
Voodoo Macbeth → April 14, 1936
Genre · 1
Voodoo Macbeth → Tragedy
Original language · 1
Voodoo Macbeth → English
Place · 1
Voodoo Macbeth → Lafayette Theatre, Harlem, New York
is a · 1
Voodoo Macbeth → common nickname for the Federal Theatre Project's 1936 New York production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth

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production welles macbeth theatre cast voodoo new play 1936 role orson carter federal york one houseman thomas harlem black hecate

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Voodoo MacbethDateApril 14, 19361.00infobox
Voodoo MacbethGenreTragedy1.00infobox
Voodoo MacbethOriginal languageEnglish1.00infobox
Voodoo MacbethPlaceLafayette Theatre, Harlem, New York1.00infobox
Voodoo MacbethWritten byWilliam Shakespeare (play)1.00infobox
Voodoo MacbethWritten byOrson Welles (adaptation)1.00infobox
Voodoo Macbethis acommon nickname for the Federal Theatre Project's 1936 New York production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth0.90text
Voodoo Macbethrelated to External linksMacbeth0.60section
Voodoo Macbethrelated to External linksInternet Broadway DatabasePreserved Films0.60section
Voodoo Macbethrelated to External linksFootage0.60section
Voodoo Macbethrelated to External linksOrson Welles's Voodoo Macbeth0.60section
Voodoo Macbethrelated to External linksArchived0.60section

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