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William DuBois’s roaring contemporary historical drama 'Haiti' turned the stage of the Lafayette Theatre into an absolute commercial box-office phenomenon in 1938, running for an astonishing 125 sold-out performances under the banner of the Federal Theatre Project's Negro Theatre Unit. The emotionally massive, real-time political thriller chronicles the turbulent historical slave uprising, military battles, and strategic maneuvers that exploded between Henri Christophe and Napoleon's invading forces in 1802, starring an elite Black ensemble company.

