Voodoo Macbeth

[A Kid Ran]

I stumbled upon the New Deal Stage website a few weeks ago. I'm not entirely certain whether this has been posted before, but i think the site ought to be linked to the main Welles Theatre page for easy access.

The first link contains various items from the Voodoo Macbeth production, including the playscript.

http://international.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/ftmb1.html

The second link offers a summary of "the play that electrified harlem."

http://international.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/ftsmth00.html

And also, can anyone confirm whether Orson snuck himself into the Voodoo Macbeth production (playing the part of Macbeth's decapitated head. It looks an awful lot like him in the "We Work Again" clip)

[Terry]

I read Welles played Macbeth during the production's national tour, on at least one night when Jack Carter was indisposed.

I doubt the severed head was an intentional cameo, but I could be wrong.

[Wellesnet]

Finale of the Voodoo Macbeth on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZLrqJka-EU

[Le Chiffre]

"They were under the heel of the French, you know, Napoleon the third and whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, 'We will serve you if you will get us free from the prince.' True story.

And so the devil said, 'OK, it's a deal.' And they kicked the French out. The Haitians revolted and got themselves free. But ever since they have been cursed by one thing after another." - Pat Robertson

[tonyw]

As we are "cursed" by the continuing presence of Pat Robertson!

[Wellesnet]

80th anniversary article:
http://www.wellesnet.com/voodoo-macbeth ... and-video/

[Wellesnet]

In April 2017: The legacy of Orson Welles' VOODOO MACBETH with Catherine Benamou & Norris Burroughs (son of the actor who played Hecate) at UCI; and a staging of the play in St. Petersburg at The Studio@620.

http://www.wellesnet.com/voodoo-macbeth-to-be-staged-in-florida/

[Wellesnet]

“All’s Well that Ends Welles”: Orson Welles and the “Voodoo” Macbeth by Robert Sawyer. Published in the December 2016 issue of Multicultural Shakespeare: Translation, Appropriation and Performance:
http://repozytorium.uni.lodz.pl:8080/xm ... sAllowed=y

[Terry]

Complete "We Work Again" newsreel

https://archive.org/details/we_work_again_1937

[Wellesnet]

Coming soon: VOODOO MACBETH, a film looking at 20-year-old Orson Welles Harlem production in 1936.
A WB grant made this USC-led project a reality.
https://www.wellesnet.com/voodoo-macbeth-movie/

[RayKelly]

Orson Welles’ groundbreaking all-Black stage production of Macbeth in Harlem in 1936 is the subject of an upcoming BBC Radio 4 play.
https://www.wellesnet.com/voodoo-macbeth-drama-to-air-on-bbc-radio-4/

[NoFake]

And here's something from Washington, DC's Folger Shakespeare Library (with further links within and at the end):

https://shakespeareandbeyond.folger.edu/2021/02/16/federal-theatre-project-voodoo-macbeth-orson-welles/

[RayKelly]

"Voodoo Macbeth," a production of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, delves into a historic moment in American theater.
Read the Wellesnet review at https://www.wellesnet.com/voodoo-macbeth-review/

For those interested: "Voodoo Macbeth" can be seen screened online via paff.org through March 14, 2021. Single viewings are $8.49 and online festival packages are also available.

[RayKelly]

VOODOO MACBETH will be streamed at the 45th Cleveland International Film Festival on April 8-20, 2021.
https://www.wellesnet.com/cleveland-voodoo-macbeth/

[Wellesnet]

VOODOO MACBETH is heading to Arizona and later North Carolina for two festival screenings in June.
https://www.wellesnet.com/voodoo-macbeth-more-appearances/