Play review – “Caine Mutinty Court Martial” by Herman Wouk

Bang-up military courtroom drama which cleverly succeeds in having it both ways – defending a “mutiny” that happens on board a ship during WW2, but at the same time taking to task people who did that mutiny. While Captain Queeg is plainly a nutter apparently he’s not as bad as snotty nosed novelist (a marvellous character) or even the dim exec officer. You may not agree with this but it makes marvellous drama and Wouk gets points for creating a compelling third act after the courtroom climax where the lawyer tells off his client. Reading this you feel Aaron Sorkin must have studied it for A Few Good Men.