DESTROY MY STATUES?!
Robert E. Lee confronts events of the present and the past.
The play will be presented in English
Friday, December 3 6:00pm
Saturday December 4th 6:00pm
Sunday December 5th 3:00pm
GENERAL ADMISSION: $ 170.00
Students, teachers and seniors get a 50% discount
by showing a valid ID at the theater box office
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To address the national furor over the demolition of Confederate monuments, National Public Radio manages to contact Civil War hero Robert E. Lee, wherever he is “living,” and persuade him to sit down for a Zoom interview. The subjects: removal of those monuments, including a huge statue of him in Richmond, Virginia; and Lee’s own decisions, attitudes, and statements about and during the war.
The interviewer’s direct questions cover such sensitive issues as whether Lee’s behavior amounted to treason against the United States; his record as a slave owner; the South’s postwar devotion to the “Lost Cause”; Union General U.S. Grant’s exalted reputation; and the destruction of dozens of Confederate statues, historical markers, and the like.
Through it all, Lee shows occasional flashes of humor and grudging understanding of the case against him and the monuments, along with a constant pugnacity whenever he believes his convictions or the honor of the South are being questioned. By the end of the interview, he has surprisingly become … well, you’ll see.