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* ''Part II: Dessalines (the Heart) Blood & Liberation'' http://www.robeytheatrecompany.com/dessalines/dessalines1.htm | * ''Part II: Dessalines (the Heart) Blood & Liberation'' http://www.robeytheatrecompany.com/dessalines/dessalines1.htm | ||
*''Part III: Christophe (the Spirit) Passion and Glory'' http://www.robeytheatrecompany.com | *''Part III: Christophe (the Spirit) Passion and Glory'' http://www.robeytheatrecompany.com | ||
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'''The Ghosts of Haiti: The Untold Story of Toussaint L'Ouverture,''' ''by Garry Moore''<br/> | '''The Ghosts of Haiti: The Untold Story of Toussaint L'Ouverture,''' ''by Garry Moore''<br/> | ||
Revision as of 17:42, 24 January 2005
Theatrical productions featuring Haiti.
The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James
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
For The Love of Freedom by Levy Lee Simon
Trilogy of plays about the Haitian Revolution.
- Part I: Toussaint (the Soul) Rise & Revolution http://www.robeytheatrecompany.com/toussaint/toussaint1.htm
- Part II: Dessalines (the Heart) Blood & Liberation http://www.robeytheatrecompany.com/dessalines/dessalines1.htm
- Part III: Christophe (the Spirit) Passion and Glory http://www.robeytheatrecompany.com
NPR's The Tavis Smiley Show aired a segment about the trilogy on November 26, 2004. You can listen here.
The Ghosts of Haiti: The Untold Story of Toussaint L'Ouverture, by Garry Moore
This play was performed Friday and Saturday, October 29 & 30, 2004, at the Apollo Fine Arts and Entertainment Centre in Peoria, IL. Read the full story at PJStar.com.
The Haitian Trilogy: Plays: Henri Christophe, Drums and Colours, and The Haytian Earth, by Derek Walcott
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 Lion in Captivity by Sal Westrich
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 Joux; Dormoy Jacobin: agent." (Noted at Backstage.com)
Monsieur, Toussaint: a Play. by Edouard Glissant; Joseph Foster; Barbara Franklin
ISBN 0894101293
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.)
