The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
Play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail is a two-act American play by Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence written in 1969. The play is based on the early life of the title character, Henry David Thoreau, leading up to his night spent in a jail in Concord,... Wikipedia
Originally published: 1970
Playwrights: Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence
Characters: Deacon Ball, Sam Staples, Ellen Sewell, and more
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail is a two-act American play by Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence written in 1969. The play is based on the early life of the ...
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This play by the authors of 'Inherit the Wind' tells the little known episode of Thoreau's brief stay in jail for refusing to pay taxes to support the US war ...
Oct 13, 2015 · Henry asks Bailey why he is in jail, and Bailey explains he has been in jail for months, awaiting trial. He has been accused of burning down a ...
For his courageous and unprecedented act of protest, he was thrown in jail. Thoreau was a man of the future. Over the past century, his action has had worldwide ...
Striped moonlight through the prison bars falls across HENRY, but the man on the other cot is in shadow. Time and space are awash here,. *. Into a weak winter ...
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Now, Thoreau's action take on a new relevance. The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail is an essential work for today's world. "The play must rank among the most ...
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A reissue of a now classic American drama.If the law is of such a nature that it requires you to be an agent of injustice to another, then I say,
Oct 13, 2015 · A man, Williams, comes out of the woods. He is an escaped slave. He tells Henry he needs food so he has enough strength to get to “Cañada,” ...