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1967 American play
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Written byAmram Ducovny
Leon Friedman
Date premiered5 November 1967

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald is a 1967 American play based on a fictionalized trial of John F. Kennedy's assassin.

A troubled production chronicled in William Goldman's 1969 book The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway, the play premiered on Broadway on Sunday, November 5, 1967 and closed after nine performances.

It was the Broadway debut of actor Peter Masterson in the title role, who got good notices, better than that accorded the play as a whole.

Robin Wagner designed the set.

References

  1. Playbill for original American production accessed 15 June 2013
  2. "The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald". Internet Broadway Databse. The Broadway League. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. Goldman, William (1969). The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway (First ed.). New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. pp. 192–202. ISBN 9780151799237.
  4. Fisher, James (June 2011). Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater: 1930-2010. ISBN 9780810879508.

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