Science Source Stock Photo - Federal Theatre Project, Macbeth, 1936

Federal Theatre Project, Macbeth, 1936

Description: WPA Federal Theatre Negro Unit presents: Macbeth by William Shakespeare. The Lafayette Theatre reached the height of its fame with the Voodoo Macbeth, a production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, adapted and staged by Orson Welles that ran April 14-June 20, 1936 with an all African-American cast. The setting was changed from Scotland to a fictional Caribbean island and acquired its nickname due to its use of voodoo imagery in place of the witchcraft in the original play. Anthony Velonis, 1936 (cropped and cleaned).

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Library of Congress/Science Source

Unique identifier: SS166457

Type: Image

Size: 3838px × 6000px (~65 MB)

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