Set in Jamaica in 1937, this non-naturalistic play explores the history of Black people and their oppression. It starts with a nine nights... ...

Dennis Scott

1986

The play is set in Tobago in the Caribbean and explores the relationship between the master and the servant through a failed middle aged... ...

Derek Walcott, music by Stephan René.

1985

A short piece written as an allegorical political fable, it tells the story of 'three enchained slaves' and their encounter with a white... ...

Mustapha Matura

1975

The show programme included a series of events featuring music, dance and drama to explore issues around black liberation 'from... ...

Various authors

1975

This was a 'historical & cultural pageant' presented by the West Indian Students Centre Folk Group exploring the experience of slavery in... ...

1974

Starring Thomas Baptiste in the role of Jones, the performance was set on a West Indian island where, to quote the programme 'the form of... ...

Eugene O'Neill. Ray McLean (choreographer)

1973

The Slave is a 'ritual drama' in the form of a fable in which a debate takes place around the heritage of slavery and the hatred it... ...

LeRoi Jones

1972

The show, presented by the London Contemporary Dance Theatre, explored the relationship between a Black man and a White woman in the... ...

Talley Beatty (choreographer). Music by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.

1971

This is one of the choreographies created for the company by its choreographer Eddy Thomas and is based on a tragic Jamaican legend which... ...

Eddy Thomas (choreographer)

1966

Set in a West Indian Island, the play focuses on a strike by native sugar workers against the white plantation owner. The description of... ...

Geoffrey Trease

1939

The play is a classic study of the black revolutionary leader Toussaint L’Ouverture, who in 1791 led the Haitian revolution, which was... ...

C.L.R. James

1936

The play is set on a West Indian island ruled by the Emperor Brutus Jones and traces his journey back to Africa after the rebellion of his... ...

Eugene O'Neill

1925