Rose McClendon
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Rose McClendon was a leading African-American Broadway actress of the 1920s. A founder of the Negro People's Theatre, she guided the creation of the Federal Theatre Project's African American theatre
Rose McClendon as Serena in Porgy (1927)
McClendon, second from right, at the opening of Macbeth (April 14, 1936)
Voodoo Macbeth
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The Voodoo Macbeth is a common nickname for the Federal Theatre Project's 1936 New York production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Orson Welles adapted and directed the production, moved the play's
Rose McClendon
…after she became critically ill with pleurisy. McClendon was to have portrayed Lady Macbeth in Orson Welles's Federal Theatre Project production of Macbeth (1936), but due to her continuing illness Edna Thomas played the role. Her condition later developed into pneumonia, and McClendon died at her home on…
Poster by Anthony Velonis
Designer Nat Karson (1908–54)
Costume drawing for Malcolm
Costume construction by the Federal Theatre Workshop