A clip from "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence," delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1967, at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City. In this video, the speech has been edited for Amy Goodman's program Democracy Now! on 99.5 FM, WBAI community radio. The full, un-edited text of the speech is here.
April 4, 1967 is one year to the date before Dr. King's assassination. The whole action of the play takes place during that year, thus, the full title: The Last Year in the Life of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As Devised by Waterwell: A Rock Operetta.
Read Waterwell's mission statement and about their process. What do you think they were trying to acheive with THE/KING/OPERETTA? Did they succeed?
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
the first M.L. speech we hear in THE/KING/OPERETTA
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