Word: ferrers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Andersonville Trial. Playwright Saul Levitt and Director José Ferrer recreate the post-Civil War trial of the Confederate officer who ran the notorious prison camp at Andersonville, Ga. Although somewhat forced and ultimately unsatisfying, the moral battle in the courtroom has both bursts of eloquence and bouts of theater...
...Andersonville Trial. Playwright Saul Levitt and Director Jése Ferrer recreate the post-Civil War trial of the Confederate officer who ran the notorious prison camp at Andersonville, Ga. Although damagingly forced and ultimately unsatisfying, the moral battle in the courtroom has both bursts of eloquence and bouts of theater...
...made good use of two strong natural assets: a stormy trial, always a virtual synonym for lively theater, and one of the great mass-horror stories of history. Upon these he has raised, with frequently discernible modern overtones, a large moral problem of guilt. Well acted under Jose Ferrer's uninhibited staging, the play offers an evening that has much in its favor in both theme and treatment. It has both bursts of eloquence and bouts of theater...