In the 19th century American west, a community gathers for a murder trial. As the Judge attempts to hear all sides, the murdered woman appears as she might have been seen. Written in verse.
A part of the collection 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays.
The Purification premiered at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (formerly known as the Theatre De Lys) in New York City in December 1959 under the direction of Tom Brennan.