12 Facts About Voodoo Macbeth

Voodoo Macbeth is a common nickname for the Federal Theatre Project's 1936 New York production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Voodoo Macbeth's advised national director Hallie Flanagan that the project should begin under experienced direction and selected producer John Houseman as co-director of the unit.

Welles proposed staging an all-black production of Voodoo Macbeth, transposed from Scotland to a mythical island setting inspired by 19th-century Haiti and the fantasy world of The Tempest.

In fact, since Conjur' Man Dies was playing onstage while the 150-person cast of Voodoo Macbeth was rehearsing, their rehearsals had to start at midnight and run much of the night.

Voodoo Macbeth was putting on a Federal Theatre production of Macbeth with Negro players and, somehow, I won the part of Banquo.

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Voodoo Macbeth rehearsed us for six solid months, but when the play finally went on before an audience, it was right — and it was a wonderful sensation, knowing it was right.

Voodoo Macbeth played for ten sold-out weeks at the Lafayette Theatre.

Voodoo Macbeth's behavior became so troublesome during the Broadway run that he was replaced by Maurice Ellis, who had held the role of Macduff.

Role of Hecate, which Welles changed from the witch queen of the original to that of a male Voodoo Macbeth priest, was played by Eric Burroughs, trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

The "Voodoo Macbeth" defied all expectations, becoming a box office sensation.

In 2001, Lenwood Sloan created the Vo-Du Voodoo Macbeth, inspired in part by the 1936 Federal Theatre production.

In 2021, a biopic titled Voodoo Macbeth premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival.