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\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Defiance is a necessary step in the life of an individual and in the life of a nation.\u0026rdquo;\u0026mdash;John Patrick Shanley\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;As thoughtful and probing as its predecessor, \u003cI\u003eDefiance \u003c/I\u003e[is] filled with the provocative questions and bristling dialogue for which Mr. Shanley is known . . . as it wonders about its big, knotty subjects.\u0026rdquo;\u0026mdash;Ben Brantley, \u003cI\u003eThe New York Times\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cI\u003eDefiance \u003c/I\u003eis the \u0026ldquo;very rich and satisfying\u0026rdquo; \u003cI\u003e(The Village Voice)\u003c/I\u003e second work in John Patrick Shanley\u0026rsquo;s trilogy that began with \u003cI\u003eDoubt.\u003c/I\u003e The play is set in 1971 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where Lt. Col. Morgan Littlefield and his reluctant prot\u0026#233;g\u0026#233; Capt. Lee King\u0026mdash;a young African American officer\u0026mdash;clash over issues of race and authority within the Marine Corps, even as the civil rights movement and Vietnam War divide the world outside. In this high-stakes struggle at the top of the ranks, witnessed by the base\u0026rsquo;s inquisitive Chaplain White and Littlefield\u0026rsquo;s irreproachable wife Margaret, Shanley has crafted another timely play exploring issues of power and morality within a hallowed institution.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Patrick Shanley\u003c/b\u003e\u0026rsquo;s \u003cI\u003eDoubt\u003c/I\u003e won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, and was chosen as best play of the year by over ten news-papers and magazines. His other plays include \u003cI\u003eDanny and the Deep Blue Sea, Four Dogs and a Bone, Psychopathia Sexualis,\u003c/I\u003e and \u003cI\u003eSavage Limbo.\u003c/I\u003e He has written extensively for TV and film, including \u003cI\u003eMoonstruck,\u003c/I\u003e for which he won an Academy Award for best screenplay.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e |
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