• Fig. 7. Paul Robeson dressed as a revolutionary. This could be a 1925 production of The Emperor Jones but is most likely a 1936 production of Toussaint Louverture. Photographer unknown. Museum of the City of New York. 51.116.146.

Paul Robeson as either Brutus Jones or Toussaint Louverture

From Racing the Great White Way: Black Performance, Eugene O'Neill, and the Transformation of Broadway by Katie N. Johnson

  • Paul Robeson dressed as a revolutionary. This could be a 1925 production of The Emperor Jones or a 1936 production of Toussaint Louverture (incorrectly attributed as The Emperor Jones).
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  • African American Studies
  • Theater and Performance
  • American Studies
  • Literary Studies:American Literature
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  • 1925 or 1936
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