A once-renowned play which isn’t well done these days but made an impression on debut in 1935 and was the first work for the Best Plays radio show. It’s from Maxwell Anderson, who drew attention by writing in verse (i.e. poetic, non realist style). Burgess Meredith plays a man determined to prove his father’s innocence – there are gangsters, corrupt judges, sisters of gangsters, stoolies. Maureen Stapleton plays the girl Meredith fell in love with. I found it a little hard to follow purely on ear. A play more interesting than enjoyable. Meredith and Stapleton both have excellent voices.
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