Toussaint Louverture - The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History; A Play in Three ActsPaperback
Toussaint Louverture - The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History; A Play in Three ActsPaperback In 1934 C. L. R. The play's production, performed in 1936 at London's Westminster…
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Toussaint Louverture - The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History; A Play in Three ActsPaperback
In 1934 C. L. R. The play's production, performed in 1936 at London's Westminster Theatre with a cast including the American star Paul Robeson, marked the first time black professional actors starred on the British stage in a play written by a black playwright. James, the widely known Trinidadian intellectual, writer, and political activist, wrote the play Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History, which was presumed lost until the rediscovery of a draft copy in 2005.
In Toussaint Louverture, James demonstrates the full tragedy and heroism of Louverture by showing how the Haitian revolutionary leader is caught in a dramatic This edition includes the program, photographs, and reviews from that production, a contextual introduction and editorial notes on the play by Christian H gsbjerg, and selected essays and letters by James and others.