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Daniel Berrigan

9 m., 2 f.

Int.

A dramatic play is created from an edited transcript of the trial of the Rev. Philip and Daniel Berrigan and their seven confederates who in 1968 entered a Selective Service office, removed records and burned them in a parking lot to protest the war in Vietnam and the horrors of napalm bombings.

"A positively riveting play, even though the verdict is a matter of history. The eloquence of the defendants, the cold duty of the prosecution, the dry, puzzled compassion of the far from unsympathetic judge, are woven by Father Berrigan into a theatro political account of this political act.... [that is] almost an instant replay of a politically theatrical gesture." N.Y. Times.

"Eloquent, powerful and moving. Artistic and jolting theatre." CBS TV.

FEE: $75 per performance.