The Trial of the Cantonsville Nine
From Current Biography,
September, 1985:
"He was perhaps most affecting as
Thomas Lewis, the conscience-stricken art teacher in the chilling courtroom
drama The Trial of the Cantonsville Nine, which transferred to the
Lyceum Theater in June 1971 after several sold-out months off-Broadway. An edited transcript of the trial of the
activist priests Daniel and Phillip Berrigan and seven others for burning draft
records to protest the Vietnam war, the play was essentially an ensemble effort,
but several critics singled out Waterston, one of four survivors from the
original production, for special commendation. "
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