Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre PlayscriptsRichard France Routledge, 2013 M04 15 - 336 pages This volume is the only publication available of the fully annotated playscripts of Wells' W.P.A Federal Theatre Project and Mercury Theatre adaptations, including the "Voodoo" Macbeth, the modern-dress Julius Caesar and Welles' compilation of history plays, Five Kings. |
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... speak , of Roosevelt's WPA . In 1936 , he was ap- pointed head of the Negro Theatre Project , and almost his first action was to ask Welles to direct Macbeth for him , in Harlem . Barely sleeping , Welles rehearsed his huge and largely ...
... speak , of Roosevelt's WPA . In 1936 , he was ap- pointed head of the Negro Theatre Project , and almost his first action was to ask Welles to direct Macbeth for him , in Harlem . Barely sleeping , Welles rehearsed his huge and largely ...
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... speaking , correct . All this was soon to change , with Project 891 , according to Houseman " caught between repeated , demoralizing rumors of reduction and liquidation.` He and 42 Welles knew that a presentation of Marc Blitzstein's ...
... speaking , correct . All this was soon to change , with Project 891 , according to Houseman " caught between repeated , demoralizing rumors of reduction and liquidation.` He and 42 Welles knew that a presentation of Marc Blitzstein's ...
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