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| Title | : | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial |
| Author | : | Herman Wouk |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 120 pages |
| Published | : | April 20th 1954 by Doubleday Books |
| Categories | : | Plays. Drama. Fiction. Theatre. War. World War II. Classics. Historical. Historical Fiction |
Herman Wouk
Paperback | Pages: 120 pages Rating: 4.12 | 322 Users | 15 Reviews
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When the commanding officer of the U.S.S. Caine is transferred, a new captain, strict disciplinarian Philip Francis Queeg, replaces him. But Queeg's actions go beyond strictness into psychopathology as he brings the ship and its crew to the brink of destruction. This necessitates a brutal shipboard court-martial that threatens by turns to clear or condemn him. In adapting his novel for the theater, Herman Wouk focused on the heart of the story: the trial and the man at its center. The result is a grimly effective picture of Queeg's disintegration from perfectionist to paranoid that acts as an indictment not only of an individual but of a society that produces such men.List Books Supposing The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
| Original Title: | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial |
| ISBN: | 0385514417 (ISBN13: 9780385514415) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | New York Drama Critics' Circle Award Nominee for Best American Play (1954) |
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Ratings: 4.12 From 322 Users | 15 ReviewsDiscuss About Books The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Powerful, short, two-hour dramatic reading of a classic play performed in 2006. Exceptionally well done.Herman Wouk wrote this play based on the ending of his novel The Caine Mutiny (and the play opened with Henry Fonda playing the defense lawyer Greenlaw!) and he maintains the heart of the story. However, it isn't as compelling as the full length movie (and I assume novel).
Read prior to auditioning for the local community theater's production. It's an enjoyable mid century drama, though I think the novel is a more gripping read.
The is the play version of the trial from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Though it is the fulcrum of the dauntingly long book, it was too short for me to get the full impact of the history and gravity of the story, which I only got a flavor of from the famous movie. It feels like cheating by reading a Cliff Notes version of a classic. Otherwise, the distillation comes across fine in the audiobook version I experienced. The court martial has us rooting for the defendant Lieutenant Stephen
I sat down and read this play in one sitting and really enjoyed it. I've seen the movie and liked it so I just grabbed the play at the library. Glad I found it. The ending is great.
This is a harrowing, wonderful play! Ive read it before, perhaps in high school, and Ive seen the movie based on it several times. According to Imdb, to get permission to use ships, the movie production crew had to say there had never been a mutiny, when there was, over many of the same issues Maryk and the crew mutinied. I borrowed this from my local public library.
This is the audio of the play. I ordered this after watching the movie, thinking it was a book. Still, it was very good. This play is about a new captain on a ship in WWII who has some mental issues and the one sailor who decides enough is enough and takes over during a terrible storm at sea and is then court-martialed. The play mostly takes place in the courtroom.
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