Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
2. Webster, Margaret, 1905-1972
3. Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
4. Carter, Jack, -1967
5. Ellis, Maurice
6. Thomas, Edna, 1885-1974
7. Brooks, Jess Lee, 1894-1944
8. Turner, Mae, 1908-1999

Description

1. 1 bound volume of programs : illustrations, some in color; 26 cm

Donor/Sponsor

1. In honor of George Freedley

Subject

1. Playbills
2. Negro Theatre Project
3. Theater programs
4. Burgtheater (Vienna, Austria)
5. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)

Genre/Form

1. Theater programs.
2. Playbills.

Call number

1. MWEZ+ n.c. 5122

Note

1. Programs (1935 - 1942) for Macbeth by William Shakespeare, primarily for Margaret Webster's production starring Maurice Evans and Judith Anderson (Washington, DC and elsewhere). Of note are a number of programs for productions by The Federal Theatre Project: Orson Welles's version with an all-black cast for "The Negro Unit" starring Jack Carter, then Maurice Ellis, and Edna Thomas, known as the "Voodoo Macbeth" (NY); Max Pollock's version with an all-black cast, based on the Welles production, starring Jess Lee Brooks and Mae Turner (Los Angeles); a condensed version for the "Classical Program for High School" (NY). Includes a 1937 production at the Burgtheater (Vienna).
2. Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.

Title

1. Macbeth.

Publisher

1. 1935-1942.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material

Added author

1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
2. Webster, Margaret, 1905-1972, director.
3. Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, director.
4. Carter, Jack, -1967, actor.
5. Ellis, Maurice, actor.
6. Thomas, Edna, 1885-1974, actor.
7. Brooks, Jess Lee, 1894-1944, actor.
8. Turner, Mae, 1908-1999, actor.

Research call number

1. MWEZ+ n.c. 5122