List of Plays
Theatrical productions featuring Haiti.
Contents
The Black Jacobins
- 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
- For The Love of Freedom by Levy Lee Simon
Trilogy of plays about the Haitian Revolution.
- 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
- 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.
The Haitian Trilogy: Plays: Henri Christophe, Drums and Colours, and The Haytian Earth
- 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.
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
- The Lion in Captivity by Sal Westrich
- Review: The Lion in Captivity - (2004) Brooklyn, NY
- Review: The Lion in Captivity - (2004) Brooklyn, NY
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."
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Note that Richard Gillespie, author of Papa Toussaint, wrote an apparently unpublished play before he wrote the book.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.)
