Public theatre and the enslaved people of colonial Saint-Domingue / Julia Prest.
"The French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) was home to one of the richest public theatre traditions of the colonial-era Caribbean. This book examines the relationship between public theatre and the enslaved people of Saint-Domingue—something that is generally given short shrift owing to...
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Mitigated Spectators: Enslaved People in the Playhouse
- Unsustainable Tensions: ‘Slave Ownership’ Among Theatre-Makers
- Mitigated Portrayals: Enslaved Figures in Creole Repertoire
- Concealed Contributors: Enslaved Participation in Theatre-Making
- New Citizens: Shifting Roles in Revolutionary-Era Theatre
- Conclusion.