Federal Theatre, The Negro Unit, WPA; Macbeth, ca. 1936

Description: Program for the Federal Theatre, The Negro Unit production of Macbeth. Arranged and staged by Orson Wells. The production toured during 1936, and is the so-called Voodoo Macbeth, moving the setting from Scotland to the Caribbean. The program does not include the date of the local performance, assumed to be during the 1936 run.
Origin: ca. 1936
Contributor(s): Works Progress Administration
Source: http://michianamemory.sjcpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16827coll4/id/2137
Collection: Civil Rights and African American History
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Subjects: Theater--Indiana--South Bend
African Americans

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