The Caine Mutiny Court Martial

The Caine Mutiny Court Martial

Herman Wouk

The Caine Mutiny Court Martial

The Caine Mutiny Court Martial

Herman Wouk

Overview

The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a court martial has been adapted by the author into suspenseful evening of theatre. A young lieutenant is relieved his captain of command in the midst of a typhoon on the grounds that the captain, Queeg is a psychopath in crisis and commanded the ship and its crew to destruction. Naval tradition is against him, but testimony eventually reveals a devastating picture of Queeg's mental disintegration.

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  • Time Period: 1940s / WWII
  • Cast Attributes: All Men

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Herman Wouk

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