Ebook: Defiance

Defiance is the "very rich and satisfying" (The Village Voice) second work in John Patrick Shanley's trilogy that began with Doubt. The play is set in 1971 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where Lt. Col. Morgan Littlefield and his reluctant prot©g© Capt. Lee Kinga young African American officerclash 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 highstakes struggle at the top of the ranks, witnessed by the base's inquisitive Chaplain White and Littlefield's irreproachable wife Margaret.;DEFIANCE; SCENE 1; SCENE 2; SCENE 3; SCENE 4; SCENE 5; SCENE 6; SCENE 7; John Patrick Shanley.