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Julia’s prize is in the category of ‘scholarly contributions to our understanding of literatures written in languages other than English’. Her book is concerned with the vibrant public theatre tradition in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, in present-day Haiti.  It examines the relationship between public theatre and the enslaved people of Saint-Domingue – something that has generally been given short shrift owing to a perceived lack of sources. Here, a range of materials and methodologies are used to explore pressing questions including the ‘mitigated spectatorship’ of enslaved domestic servants; portrayals of enslaved people in French and Creole repertoire; the contributions of enslaved people to theatre-making and shifting attitudes during the revolutionary era. Prest demonstrates that slavery was no mere backdrop to this portion of theatre history, but an integral part of its story. 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