Henri Christophe: A Chronicle in Seven Scenes
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Henri Christophe: A Chronicle in Seven Scenes is a play by Derek Walcott
. It was first published in 1950.
It is an historical play about king Henri Christophe
of Haiti
, from 1804 to 1820.
It was produced in 1952 in London, by Errol Hill
and in 1954 at the University College of the West Indies.
In 1968, it was revived at the Trinidad and Tobago Festival.
Derek Walcott
Derek Alton Walcott, OBE OCC is a Saint Lucian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2011 for White Egrets. His works include the Homeric epic Omeros...
. It was first published in 1950.
It is an historical play about king Henri Christophe
Henri Christophe
Henri Christophe was a key leader in the Haitian Revolution, winning independence from France in 1804. On 17 February 1807, after the creation of a separate nation in the north, Christophe was elected President of the State of Haiti...
of Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
, from 1804 to 1820.
It was produced in 1952 in London, by Errol Hill
Errol Hill
Errol Gaston Hill was a Trinidadian-born playwright and theater historian. He was the first tenured African American faculty member at Dartmouth College in the United States, joining their drama department in 1968....
and in 1954 at the University College of the West Indies.
In 1968, it was revived at the Trinidad and Tobago Festival.