Fifty years ago, on November 22nd, 1963, President John F Kennedy was assassinated by a sniper while riding in an open-topped limousine in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas.
What happened immediately after the assassination?
Theories explored in Lee's riveting drama are based on Federal, classified and academic research, diaries and recollections, and statements by Mrs Kennedy - a mix of substantiated and contested documentation. He focuses, first, on the hospital mortuary, and then aboard Air Force One where former Vice President Lyndon B Johnson insists that Judge Sarah Hughes conducts the 'swearing-in' before take-off. Also present in the overcrowded aircraft is Kennedy's widow, Jackie, in a state of shock, still covered in blood. The play becomes a tense thriller as surprising events occur on board.
Cast:
Narrator.........Josh Stamberg
Lyndon B Johnson.........Stacy Keach
Jackie Kennedy.........Glenne Headly
Lady Bird Johnson.........Susan Sullivan
Rufus Oldman.........Steven Weber
Art Thorn.........Nicholas Hormann
Roy Kellerman.........JD Cullum
Marie Fehmer.........Janine Barris
Rose Kennedy.........Jennifer Bassey
Rankin/Doctor Rose.........Gordon Clapp
Judge Hughes.........Anna Mathias
White House radio/Jack Valenti.........Matthew Wolf
AF1 operator/Dean Rusk.........Andre Sogliuzzo
86972.........John Sloan
Other parts: Tracy Pattin, Darren Richardson
Sound design: Wesley Dewberry, Mark Holden
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
Director: Martin Jarvis
A Jarvis and Ayres production
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