Voodoo Macbeth
- Synopsis
- Radio drama by by Sharon Oakes about the making of Orson Welles’ landmark 1936 production of Macbeth, staged in Harlem for the Federal Theatre Project’s Negro Unit and featuring an all-black cast.
- Series
- Afternoon Drama
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Notes
- Footage of the actual production can be see in WE WORK AGAIN (qv separate entry).
- Subjects
- Drama; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- New Deal; New York; Black actors
- Related items
- "I Here Engage My Words"
- We Work Again
Online availability
- URI
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000rlm1
- Delivery
- Streamed
Credits
- Director
- Gaynor Macfarlane
- Writer
- Sharon Oakes
- Cast
Adam Courtin Ariyon Bakare Edna Thomas John Hollingworth Lloyd Thomas Maggie Service Tom Bateman Tom Lawrence
Production Company
- Name
BBC Scotland
Archive
- Name
BoB
- bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk
- Web
- https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
330 Holborn Gate
1st Floor, Suite 120
London
WC1V 7QH - Notes
- Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council
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