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The Trial of the Catonsville Nine

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 9m

Daniel Berrigan

"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 theat…

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 9m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Docudrama/Historic

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Summary
This dramatic play was 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.

DANIEL BERRIGAN
PHILIP BERRIGAN
DAVID DARST
JOHN HOGAN
THOMAS LEWIS
MARJORIE MELVILLE
THOMAS MELVILLE
GEORGE MISCHE
MARY MOYLAN
DEFENSE
JUDGE
PROSECUTION
WITNESS
MARSHALS

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Media

"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." - The New York Times

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

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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