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Harlem's Lafayette Theatre was one of 16 "Negro Units" that was established by the Federal Theatre Project. John Houseman co-directed the unit with the prominent black actress Rose McClendon.

When Houseman decided to stage a production of a Shakespeare classic, he hired Orson Welles, not yet twenty, to direct. Welles's wife Virginia suggested that they stage Macbeth, and that the play be set in Haiti.

"Voodoo Macbeth" was an enormous success.

Actors Jack Carter and Edna Thomas appear in this scene.


Source: Robert S. McElvaine, The Great Depression: America, 1929-1941, New York, NY: Times Books, 1993.
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