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Public Theatre and the Enslaved People of Colonial Saint-Domingue
Buch von Julia Prest
Sprache: Englisch

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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 a perceived lack of documentation. Here, a range of materials and methodologies are used to explore pressing questions including the ¿mitigated spectatorship¿ of the enslaved, portrayals of enslaved people in French and Creole repertoire, the contributions of enslaved people to theatre-making, and shifting attitudes during the revolutionary era. The book demonstrates that slavery was no mere backdrop to this portion of theatre history but an integral part of its story. It also helps recover the hidden experiences of some of the enslaved individuals who became entangled in that story.
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 a perceived lack of documentation. Here, a range of materials and methodologies are used to explore pressing questions including the ¿mitigated spectatorship¿ of the enslaved, portrayals of enslaved people in French and Creole repertoire, the contributions of enslaved people to theatre-making, and shifting attitudes during the revolutionary era. The book demonstrates that slavery was no mere backdrop to this portion of theatre history but an integral part of its story. It also helps recover the hidden experiences of some of the enslaved individuals who became entangled in that story.
Über den Autor

Julia Prest is Professor of French and Caribbean Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK. She has published widely on early-modern French and Caribbean theatre, opera and dance, and is the creator of the trilingual (English-French-Kreyòl) Theatre in Saint-Domingue, 1764-1791 performance database: 'theatreinsaintdomingue.org'. She has collaborated with theatre-makers to create new works that bring colonial-era theatre to today's audiences, and her edited collection, Colonial-Era Caribbean Theatre: Issues in Research, Writing and Methodology is forthcoming in 2023.

Zusammenfassung

The first book-length study of the underexplored relationship between public theatre and the enslaved population

The fullest account to date of the local, Creole theatre tradition

Foreign language quotations are in French or Creole and in English translation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction.- 2 Mitigated Spectators: Enslaved People in the Playhouse.- 3 Unsustainable Tensions: 'Slave Ownership' among Theatre-Makers.- 4 Mitigated Portrayals: Enslaved Figures in Creole Repertoire.- 5 Concealed Contributors: Enslaved Participation in Theatre-Making.- 6 New Citizens: Shifting Roles in Revolutionary-Era Theatre.- 7 Conclusion.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: xvi
278 S.
ISBN-13: 9783031226908
ISBN-10: 3031226909
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Prest, Julia
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Maße: 216 x 153 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Julia Prest
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.04.2023
Gewicht: 0,498 kg
Artikel-ID: 125797172
Über den Autor

Julia Prest is Professor of French and Caribbean Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK. She has published widely on early-modern French and Caribbean theatre, opera and dance, and is the creator of the trilingual (English-French-Kreyòl) Theatre in Saint-Domingue, 1764-1791 performance database: 'theatreinsaintdomingue.org'. She has collaborated with theatre-makers to create new works that bring colonial-era theatre to today's audiences, and her edited collection, Colonial-Era Caribbean Theatre: Issues in Research, Writing and Methodology is forthcoming in 2023.

Zusammenfassung

The first book-length study of the underexplored relationship between public theatre and the enslaved population

The fullest account to date of the local, Creole theatre tradition

Foreign language quotations are in French or Creole and in English translation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction.- 2 Mitigated Spectators: Enslaved People in the Playhouse.- 3 Unsustainable Tensions: 'Slave Ownership' among Theatre-Makers.- 4 Mitigated Portrayals: Enslaved Figures in Creole Repertoire.- 5 Concealed Contributors: Enslaved Participation in Theatre-Making.- 6 New Citizens: Shifting Roles in Revolutionary-Era Theatre.- 7 Conclusion.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: xvi
278 S.
ISBN-13: 9783031226908
ISBN-10: 3031226909
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Prest, Julia
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Maße: 216 x 153 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Julia Prest
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.04.2023
Gewicht: 0,498 kg
Artikel-ID: 125797172
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