Macbeth, I.iv: Orson Welles, Negro Theatre Project of NYC

In Welles' three-act play, this is I.iii. Duncan and his court arrive at Macbeth's castle. Welles set the play on a Carribean island such as 19th c. Haiti with the witches as voodoo priestesses, and with an authentic African drum band, led by a supposed witch doctor, who refused to play authentic voodoo music as part of Welles' incidental music (mostly composed by Virgil Thomson), because the real thing would be too dangerous (New York Times, 7/20/2-010, C4). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.This and the next five images are available from the Archival Research Catalog of the National Archives and Records Administration (this one under the ARC Identifier 195696). This image is a work of an unnamed Works Progress Administration employee. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain (17 U.S.C. §§ 101). W.P.A. Federal Theatre Photos.