List of Plays

Theatrical productions featuring Haiti.

The Black Jacobins
Apparently pre-dates James' book of the same title (Also cited as Toussaint L'Ouverture)  The play can be found in the The C.L.R. James Reader (Blackwell Readers) by  C.L.R. James, Anna Grimshaw, 1992. ISBN 0631184953
 * The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James

For The Love of Freedom
Trilogy of plays about the Haitian Revolution.
 * For The Love of Freedom by Levy Lee Simon
 * Part I: Toussaint (the Soul) Rise & Revolution
 * Part II: Dessalines (the Heart) Blood & Liberation
 * Part III: Christophe (the Spirit) Passion and Glory

NPR's The Tavis Smiley Show aired a segment about the trilogy on November 26, 2004. You can listen here.

The Ghosts of Haiti
This play was performed Friday and Saturday, October 29 & 30, 2004, at the Apollo Fine Arts and Entertainment Centre in Peoria, IL.
 * The Ghosts of Haiti: The Untold Story of Toussaint L'Ouverture, by Garry Moore

The Haitian Trilogy: Plays: Henri Christophe, Drums and Colours, and The Haytian Earth
Three history plays. ISBN 0374528136 The Haitian Earth was performed recently at the University of the West Indies' Haitian Bicentenary Conference. A review of that performance can be found here.
 * The Haitian Trilogy: Plays: Henri Christophe, Drums and Colours, and The Haytian Earth, by Derek Walcott

How Papa Noël Forgot Haiti

 * How Papa Noël Forgot Haiti by Paul Uhry Newman
 * Review: How Papa Noël Forgot Haiti (2004) New York, NY

The Lion in Captivity
Cast includes Toussaint Louverture; Mars Plaisir, Louverture's servant. "Jeannin: late 20s-30s, secretary of the fortress; General Caffarelli: Bonaparte's envoy; Prefect; Prefect's Wife. ...Baille: commandant of Fort de Joux; Dormoy Jacobin: agent."
 * The Lion in Captivity by Sal Westrich
 * Review: The Lion in Captivity - (2004) Brooklyn, NY

Monsieur, Toussaint: a Play.'

 * Monsieur, Toussaint: a Play. by Edouard Glissant; Joseph Foster; Barbara Franklin ISBN 0894101293

Toussaint Louverture, Poème Dramatique

 * Toussaint Louverture, Poème Dramatique by Alphonse de Lamartine

Note that Richard Gillespie, author of Papa Toussaint, wrote an apparently unpublished play before he wrote the book. (noted in this interview.)