Scholars have praised this production for drawing 'uncomfortable attention to national problems' like racism, while turning a spotlight on social issues we still grapple with in the 21st century.
In honor of Black History Month, we shine the spotlight on a version of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" that was staged in Harlem 86 years ago. Sandy Kenyon has more on the story.In honor of Black History Month, we shine the spotlight on a version of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" that was staged in Harlem 86 years ago.
Times were hard back in the mid 1930s, but when this show premiered, it was said that traffic couldn't move for 10 blocks around the Lafayette Theater at 132nd Street and 7th Street. It's a highly fictionalized version of what happened and it has faced criticism for playing fast and loose with the facts.
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