Watch the last four minutes of Orson Welles's adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in a fictionalized Caribbean world that is clearly Haiti. Featuring an all-black cast, the project was tied to the WPA Theatre Project during the Great Depression. The play features verse for dialogue, much like the original, and is only different in that it features a Caribbean setting and 'Voodoo' instead of European notions of witchcraft. For those curious about scripts and photographs from the play's production, check out this site.
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