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TY  - JOUR
VL  - 41
IS  - 3
T2  - Shakespeare Bulletin
SP  - 341-71
ID  - bbbo454
T1  - "Reimagining Macbeth in Africa and the Persistence of Primitivism"
AU  - Young, Sandra
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2026
DO  - 10.1353/shb.2023.a916464
LA  - English
AB  - Examines how Africa is portrayed in three adaptations of Macbeth: Orson Welles's "Voodoo Macbeth" (Federal Theater Project, New York, 1936); Welcome Msomi's uMabatha, the Zulu Macbeth (q.v.), and Brett Bailey's adaptation of Verdi's opera (q.v.). Shows how theatre can uncritically portray Africa as a single, primitive, location. Calls for thoughtful productions to "Africanize" Shakespeare.
ER  -