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Black Jacobins, The

By CLR James

Year staged: 1986

Opening night: 21/02/1986

Theatre Company: Talawa Theatre Company; 1986

Staged in: Riverside Studios

Cast Size: 22

Synopsis

In 1789 the West Indian colony of San Domingo supplied two-thirds of the overseas trade of France. The entire structure of what was arguably the most profitable colony in the world rested on the labour of half a million enslaved people. In 1791 the waves of unrest inspired by the French Revolution reached across the Atlantic dividing the loyalties of the white population of San Domingo. The brutally treated enslaved people of Saint Domingo seized at this confusion and rose up in rebellion against masters.

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Black Jacobins, The

Publisher: Penguin

Year published: 2022

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Original Cast

Norman Beaton

Toussaint L'Ouverture

Jenny Jules

Madam L'Ouverture / Celestine

Gary McDonald

Max / Mulatto Officer

Chris Tajah

Marat

Brian Bovell

Moise L'Ouverture

Mona Hammond

Marie Jeanne

Kwabena Manso

Orleans

Malcolm Connell

Hector

Nik Abraham

Etien

Jean Hart

Madam Bullet

Trevor Laird

Jean Jacques Dessalines

Doyne Byrd

Colonel Vincent

Dominic Hawksley

Tobias Lear

Ian Collier

General Hedouville

Bob Phillips

Henri Christophe

Doyle Richmond

Mars Plaisir

Kathy Daniel

Florence

David Haynes

Samedi Smith

Dominic Hawksley

Aide

Lenny Algernon Edwards

1st Musician

Gideon Rodgers

2nd Musician

Keith Hazemore

General Maitland / General Bonaparte

Production Team

Andrea Montag

Designer

Richard Moffat

Lighting

Thomas Pinnock

Choreographer

Lenny Algernon Edwards

Musical Director

Yvonne Brewster

Director

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Production accounts

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Production management correspondence

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Technical file

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Prompt script

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Script

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Marketing correspondence

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Flyer for Riverside Studios featuring The Black Jacobins

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Press Cuttings

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Poster

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Playscript

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