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 ==Reference==
-* Haïti Progrès - This Week in Haiti: [http://www.haiti-progres.com/eng11-24.html November 24, 2004]
+* Haïti Progrès - This Week in Haiti: November 24, 2004
 [[Category:Arts]]
 [[Category: Theatrical Reviews|Lion]]
 [[Category:Plays|Lion]]

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 ==See also==
 * '''[[Toussaint Louverture related pages|Toussaint Louverture related pages at The Louverture Project]]'''
 * '''[[Memoir of Toussaint Louverture, Written by Himself]]''' - Memoir written in French captivity.

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 ==See also==
 * '''[[Toussaint Louverture related pages|Toussaint Louverture related pages at The Louverture Project]]'''
-* '''[[Memoir of Toussaint Louverture, Written by Himself]]''' - Memoir written in french captivity.
+* '''[[Memoir of Toussaint Louverture, Written by Himself]]''' - Memoir written in French captivity.
 * [[Fort de Joux]] - Description of the location in which Toussaint Louverture died.
 * [[Letter by the French Minister of the Marine to the Commandant at Fort de Joux]] - 1802 letter specifying the conditions under which Toussaint  should be held captive.

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 * Haïti Progrès - This Week in Haiti: [http://www.haiti-progres.com/eng11-24.html November 24, 2004]
 [[Category: Theatrical Reviews|Lion]]
 [[Category:Plays|Lion]]

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 ==See also==
 * '''[[Toussaint Louverture related pages|Toussaint Louverture related pages at The Louverture Project]]'''
 * [[Fort de Joux]] - Description of the location in which Toussaint Louverture died.
 * [[Letter by the French Minister of the Marine to the Commandant at Fort de Joux]] - 1802 letter specifying the conditions under which Toussaint  should be held captive.
 * [[The Last Days Of Toussaint L'Ouverture]] - account of a 1859 visit to Fort de Joux.
-* [[To Toussaint Louverture - poem by Wordsworth]]
+* [[To Toussaint Louverture - poem by Wordsworth]] - 1802 hommage to Toussaint Louverture.
 * [[Mars Plaisir]] - Toussaint's valet who traveled with him into French captivity.
 * [[Marie-François Auguste Caffarelli du Falga]] - One of the plays protagonists.

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−	[[image:fort_de_joux_dungeon.jpg\|right\|thumb\|280px\|The dungeon in which Toussaint Louverture died]]Review of '''The Lion in Captivity''', a theatrical play as performed in Brooklyn, NY (October 4, 2004 - November 28, 2004).	+	[[image:fort_de_joux_dungeon.jpg\|right\|thumb\|280px\|The dungeon in which Toussaint Louverture died]]Review of '''The Lion in Captivity''', a theatrical play as performed in Brooklyn, NY at the Paul Robeson Theater (October 4, 2004 - November 28, 2004).

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 [[image:fort_de_joux_dungeon.jpg|right|thumb|280px|The dungeon in which Toussaint Louverture died]]Review of '''The Lion in Captivity''', a theatrical play as performed in Brooklyn, NY (October 4, 2004 - November 28, 2004).
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 The venue is a perfect match for the play. Not only because of Paul Robeson’s lifelong dedication to the struggle of oppressed people but also because of the theater’s austere 19th-century architecture. On the rainy night of the premiere, the theater was cold and moist, just like Toussaint’s mountain cell must have been.
-Edward Tyler, playing [[Mars Plaisir|Toussaint’s servant]], gives a compelling performance and leaves a vivid impression of the conditions under which the Haitian revolution’s leader was imprisoned. Director Evria Atwell presents Louverture not as an untouchable hero but rather as a proud man who is determined not to lose his self-respect and sanity in spite of his sufferings. Alexander Bilu, the actor playing General [[Caffarelli]], Bonaparte’s envoy, superbly renders his character’s initial arrogance, but also the personal feelings he came to have for Louverture at the end.
+Edward Tyler, playing Toussaint’s servant <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Mars Plaisir]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>, gives a compelling performance and leaves a vivid impression of the conditions under which the Haitian revolution’s leader was imprisoned. Director Evria Atwell presents Louverture not as an untouchable hero but rather as a proud man who is determined not to lose his self-respect and sanity in spite of his sufferings. Alexander Bilu, the actor playing General [[Caffarelli]], Bonaparte’s envoy, superbly renders his character’s initial arrogance, but also the personal feelings he came to have for Louverture at the end.
 As a Haitian woman, I felt proud to watch such a performance and to hear traditional Haitian songs being sung by a non-Haitian cast. The music often accompanied unearthly sequences, such as when the spirits of [[Boukman]], the Haitian revolution’s initiator, and of Louverture’s contemporaries visit him at varying points during the play.