Re: RAT Amazing stories and histories

[Ahoodwink@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/18/99 11:29:38 AM, NOMADMONAD@aol.com writes:

<< Quite extraordinary to realize that our government actually directly 
funded a 
project such as  "Voodoo Macbeth".  An all-black version set in 19th century 
Haiti, produced at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem with cast that was 95 
percent amateur and directed by a 20 year old kid named Orson Welles.
 >>

Nick,

And, not to state the obvious, but it rocked.  My father saw it and to the 
end of his life, remembered it clearly.  Ditto the Mercury "Julius Caesar" - 
he still got chills from the death of Cinna the Poet.

Guess what?  The arts are relevant.

Amy