(Which Dead Killed the Emperor?*)

1975

Synopsis

Songs

Production Photography

Synopsis

Available in: English – Français – Kreyòl

Written by Jacky Charlier and Syto Cavé, this play was presented in 1975 at the Second Cultural Festival of Fort de France, Martinique.

The assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, one of the heroes of Haïti’s independence, remains to this day a vivid part of the Haitian psyche and folklore. He was immortalized by being consecrated a Vodou god, and the subject of many folk songs and tales.

The central characters are the Emperor and Défilée, the madwoman who collected his remains and had them buried.

*This is a Haitian creole expression which can be loosely translated as : “Which bad spirit killed the emperor?”

Songs

Production Photography

Quel mort – 1975 – Arnold Beauchamp – 1
Quel mort – 1975 – Eddy Guerrier – 10
Quel mort – 1975 – Joanne McFarlane, Joëlle Jn Julien – 2
Quel mort – 1975 – Joëlle Jn Julien – 3
Quel mort – 1975 – Joëlle Jn Julien – 4
Quel mort – 1975 – Joëlle Jn Julien, Joanne McFarlane – 12
Quel mort – 1975 – Joëlle Jn Julien, Joanne McFarlane, Arnold Beauchamp – 5
Quel mort – 1975 – Joëlle Jn Julien, Joanne McFarlane, Robert Large, Syto Cavé, Eddy Guerrier, Arnold Beauchamp – 13
Quel mort – 1975 – Joëlle Jn Julien, Syto Cavé – 6
Quel mort – 1975 – Performance – 1
Quel mort – 1975 – Performance – 17
Quel mort – 1975 – Performance – 19
Quel mort – 1975 – Performance – 20
Quel mort – 1975 – Performance – 7
Quel mort – 1975 – Robert Large – 14
Quel mort – 1975 – Patrick Moïse, Robert Large, Syto Cavé – 15
Quel mort – 1975 – Syto Cavé – 16