"Macbeth" by William Shakespeare : arranged and staged by Orson Welles, costumes and settings by Nat Karson, lighting by Feder.
1936
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Details
Title
"Macbeth" by William Shakespeare : arranged and staged by Orson Welles, costumes and settings by Nat Karson, lighting by Feder.
Variant title
At head of title: Negro Theatre: Federal Theatre Works Progress Administration
Cover title
Federal Theatre : New Lafayette Theatre
Published
New York City : Lafayette Theatre, [1936]
Description
4 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm
Associated name
Promotional material for adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, associated name.
New Lafayette Theatre, host institution, publisher.
Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), sponsoring body.
United States. Works Progress Administration, sponsoring body.
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, associated name.
New Lafayette Theatre, host institution, publisher.
Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), sponsoring body.
United States. Works Progress Administration, sponsoring body.
Summary
Program from Orson Welles' production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth during its inaugural run at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem, New York, from April 14 - June 20, 1936. Welles' Macbeth was produced as part of the Federal Theatre Project, an arts program sponsored by the Works Progress Administration. Includes staff and cast lists, synopsis of scenes, diagrams of fire exits, and information about other Federal Theatre Project events.
Note
Title from page [2].
Theater appears as both New Lafayette Theatre and Lafayette Theatre.
Printed in blue. Union label of the Allied Printing Trades Council, New York, 258, on cover.
Theater appears as both New Lafayette Theatre and Lafayette Theatre.
Printed in blue. Union label of the Allied Printing Trades Council, New York, 258, on cover.
Genre/form
Theater programs.
Cast lists.
Cast lists.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York. -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
PROGRAM 270648
Folger-specific note
Acquired from Michael Laird Rare Books, 2018-06-19.
Folger accession
270648