Incommunicado
by Tom Dulack

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One Act 90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American

Synopsis

THE STORY: Arrested in Italy in 1945 by the liberating U.S. troops, the famous expatriate poet, Ezra Pound, was imprisoned in a cage and treated like an animal--which many people considered him to be.

At issue were some eighty-four wartime radio bro

Press Reviews

"Intense and unsettling, this lacerating play focuses on the famous but controversial American poet, Ezra Pound, during the time, at the end of World War II, when he was imprisoned in Italy awaiting trial for treason. Brilliant, erratic, and mercurial in temperament, Pound was by turns fascinating and repelling, but a man whose contributions as an artist will always be overshadowed by his fanatical, destructive bigotry. “…it has an urgency and a seriousness of purpose in dealing with an exceedingly controversial subject.” —The New York Times. “The poet he brings to life is, like the poetry, a fascinating challenge to common understanding.” —Philadelphia Inquirer. “…intense and often intensely unsettling drama…"

— Washington Post

Publication

Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822205654
ISBN-10 0822205653

Incommunicado is a American play written by Tom Dulack and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).

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