Never the Sinner: A Play - Softcover

Logan, John

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Chicago May 21 1924. Nathan Leopold Jr. age eighteen and Robert Loeb age nineteen killed fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks. They were quickly apprehended when Leopold's glasses were found near the corpse. Clarence Darrow defended them pleading eloquently against capital punishment. Why would wealthy young men murder an innocent boy? What demons lurked behind Loeb's flashing good looks? Behind Leopold's saturnine intellect? This exquisite Off-Broadway hit explores the complex r

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Two boys commit a murder not for gain, or out of passion just to do it, just to experience the thrill. Based on the infamous 1924 trial of Leopold and Loeb, Never the Sinner is their story, and the story of one of the most famous American lawyers and civil libertarians, Clarence Darrow. In the case of a lifetime, Darrow is called in to defend the monstrous and win freedom for the depraved.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Thomas Carroll, David Darlow, William Larson, Ron Livingston, Darren Matthias, Tom Mula, Denis P. O'Hare and Donna Powers.

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ISBN 10:  0879519304 ISBN 13:  9780879519308
Publisher: The Overlook Press, 1999
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