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2 unusual facts about Voodoo Macbeth


Voodoo Macbeth

One reviewer, Percy Hammond of the Herald Tribune, was negative about the entire cast, accusing the actors of being inaudible and timid.

John Houseman, the director of the NTP, invited the young white director Orson Welles to direct a production of Macbeth.


Asadata Dafora

His drumming also appeared in a 1936 stage success, Orson Welles's all-black Macbeth performed in Harlem, on Broadway and on tour.

We Work Again

We Work Again has gained considerable attention because it includes the only known footage of the famous all-black version of Macbeth staged by Orson Welles in 1936.


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