description: Herman Wouk Full Length, Drama male (6 non-speaking) Simple set The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a court martial has been adapted by the author into suspenseful evening of theatre. A young lieutenant is relieved his captain of command in the midst of a typhoon on the grounds that the captain, Queeg is a psychopath in crisis and commanded the ship and its crew to destruction. Naval tradition is against him, but testimony eventually reveals a devastating picture of Queeg's mental disintegration. "Enormously exciting. It is the modern stage at its best." -N.Y. Daily News
language: English
title: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
titlecomplete: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
genres: Audiobook, Classics, Literary Fiction, World War II, Drama, Plays, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Theatre
ratings_count: 420
awards: awardedAt: -504892800000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best American Play
publisher: Pocket