The Great Choice
by Fred Eastman

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Synopsis

Modeled after Sophocles' Antigone , this powerful dramatization of an incident in the next war juxtaposes nationalism and individual conscience.

It has enjoyed over a thousand productions.

Characters

Character
PAULA

model secretary of about twenty-five. Quick and alert.

ANNE GOODMAN

twenty-three, good-looking but not pretty, alive and determined.

ISABEL GOODMAN

quiet and affectionate. Two years younger than her sister, Anne.

THOMAS KRUGER

grizzled gray, about fifty-eight or sixty years of age, efficient executive, strong in will, decisive in action.

MISS LEE

twenty-eight, good-looking and alert, military in bearing.

HERMAN KRUGER

twenty-six years of age and of fine physique. More sensitive than his father but quite determined.

REV. ROBERT THOMPSON

a bling minister of sixty-two. His face has strength and courage and rugged beauty. He carries a cane with which he taps his way when someone is not leading him.

LIEUTENANT

in army uniform.

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1949
Pages 30
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573650406
ISBN-10 0573650403

The Great Choice is a American play written by Fred Eastman and published by Samuel French (1949).

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