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Macbeth

Lafayette Theatre , (4/09/1936 - circa. 5/1936)

Category: Play, Tragedy, Revival

Description: A play in four acts

Setting: Scotland and England.

Comments: This infamous production came to be known as the "Voodoo" Macbeth.

Production Staff
Produced by Negro Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA and John Houseman
Written by William Shakespeare; Arranged in three acts and eight scenes by Orson Welles
Staged by Orson Welles
Scenic Design by Nat Karson; Costume Design by Nat Karson; Lighting Design by A. H. Feder

Cast

Abdul	Witch Doctor
Thomas Anderson	Lennox a nobleman
Service Bell	Duncan King of Scotland
Gabriel Brown	Captain
Eric Burroughs	Hecate
Jack Carter	Macbeth a general of the Scottish army
Laurence Chenault	Doctor
Charles Collins	Lord
Carl Crawford	Fleance son of Banquo
William Cumberbatch	Chamberlain
Frank David	Ross a nobleman
Viola Dean	Page
Alma Dickson	Lady Macbeth
	The Duchess
Maurice Ellis	Macduff a nobleman of Scotland
Hilda French	Page
Virginia Girvin	The Nurse
Lisle Grenidge	Captain
Bertram Holmes	Young Macduff
Halle Howard	Chamberlain
J. Louis Johnson	Porter
J.B. Johnson	Second Messenger
Zola King	Third Witch
Larri Lauria	Seyton an officer attending on Macbeth
Canada Lee	Banquo a general of the Scottish army
Albert McCoy	Attendant
George Nixon	First Murderer
Kenneth Renwick	Second Murderer
Wardell Saunders	Malcolm son of Duncan
Archie Savage	Siward
Edna Thomas	Lady Macbeth
George Thomas	Attendant
Philandre Thomas	First Messenger
Al Watts	The Priest
Josephine Williams	Second Witch
Wilhelmina Williams	First Witch
Marie Young	Lady Macduff