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Article: Play probes Ethel Rosenberg's psyche
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- November 1, 1996
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Fran Heller
Cleveland Jewish News
11-01-1996
Play probes Ethel Rosenberg's psyche.
Reviewed by FRAN HELLER Freelance Writer
On June 19, 1953, Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg and her husband, Julius, were executed as spies, the first Americans given a death sentence for espionage by a United States civil court. "The Candle Lit," at Cleveland Public Theatre through Nov. 16, centers on the last four days of Ethel Rosenberg's life and how, in a night of dreams and fantasies, she confronts her death.
This world premiere, written by New York playwright Frances Madeson, 40, is problematic, but Jan Bruml's taut direction and a bevy of fine performances lifts the piece from obscureness.
It is Tuesday, June ...