HauptmannSamuel French, Inc., 2001 - 70 pages Drama John Logan Characters: 5 male, 2 female Various sets. This compelling drama by the author of Never the Sinner begins just moments before the 1936 execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the German immigrant who was convicted of murdering the Lindbergh's baby. With prison guards doubling as other characters in flashback, Hauptmann tells his gripping story. "It is one of rising anti German sentiment in America, of rich versus poor, of the state versus the indivi |
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Amandus Hochmuth ANNA ANNE LINDBERGH audience baby-killer bergh Betty Gow Boad Nelly Bruno Richard Hauptmann Burn Hauptmann Carole Lombard cell chair Charles Jr Charles Lind Cherry Lane Theatre child cold Colonel Charles Lindbergh Colonel Lindbergh CONDON courtroom crib crime darkness dead Dennis Zacek door Edna Ferber everything evidence table expert eyes Flemington garage Germany gold certificate bill H. L. MENCKEN handwriting HAUPTMANN sits HAUPTMANN speaks HAUPTMANN stands Hauptmann's attic hear Jafsie Jersey JUDGE TRENCHARD Judgement at Nuremberg kidnap ladder Koehler letter light Lindbergh baby Lindbergh kidnapping look Manfred March 1st money is ready newspapers night nursery Pause as HAUPTMANN play police POLICEMAN ransom note Raymond's cemetery Reilly remember REPORTER side rail slowly smiles someone story sure talk telephone number tell the truth Theatre told Violet Sharpe waited walk watch wife WILENTZ window witness York York American
References to this book
The Ghosts of Hopewell: Setting the Record Straight in the Lindbergh Case Jim Fisher No preview available - 1999 |