In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1969 National Tour) - repro

The first national touring company production of Kipphardt’s 'In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer' brought the high-stakes political tension, Cold War paranoia, and intellectual courtroom battles of the atomic age directly to major houses across North America in 1969. Based on real government hearings, the narrative chronicles the systemic administrative prosecution of the "father of the atomic bomb" over his opposition to the hydrogen bomb program. Staged under the precise direction of Gordon Davidson with full historical cast billing, the tour delivered an absolute monument of political docu-drama.