The Andersonville Trial
by Saul Levitt

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THE STORY: As told by Chapman from the NY Daily News: Wirz, a Swiss immigrant and a doctor, had enlisted in the rebel army, had been severely wounded and, a semi-invalid, had been put in command of this military prison.

It was merely a stockade wi

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"A striking courtroom drama about a famous event in American history: the military trial of Henry Wirz, who was commander of the Confederate prison at Andersonville during the Civil War. ”The audience at Henry Miller's Theatre could not wait for the end of THE ANDERSONVILLE TRIAL to begin its cheering last evening…I shared the enthusiasm…An adroit courtroom drama…This is lusty theatre.“ —NY News. ”A hell-raising heart searcher…Broadway drama took a long step forward last evening.” —NY World-Telegram & Sun. ”An absorbing and thoughtful drama…A provocative study of the moral issues involved in the conflict between man's obligation to authority and to his conscience."

— NY Post

Publication

Year 1960
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822200420
ISBN-10 0822200422

The Andersonville Trial is a historical play written by Saul Levitt and published by Dramatists Play Service (1960).

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