Playscript about the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg espionage trial circa 1975

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Playscript about the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg espionage trial circa 1975

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The collection is comprised of one untitled playscript (50 pages) written by Barbara Clairchilde, Leslie Hoag and Dudley Knight. The play deals with the espionage trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1951) and the couple's resulting execution (1953).

0.1 Linear feet; (1 folder)

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University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6658201

University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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Knight, Dudley

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Historical Background Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were tried on charges of conspiracy to commit espionage in 1951. They were convicted when the court determined they had provided information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. In 1953 they were executed for the crime, an event that was and remains controversial. Barbara Clairchilde, Leslie Hoag and Dudley Knight were associated with KPFK, a politically progressive radio stat...

Rosenberg, Julius, 1918-1953

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union. The couple were accused of providing top-secret information about radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines, and valuable nuclear weapon designs; at that time the United States was the only country in the world with nuclear weapons. Convicted of espionage in 1951, they were executed by the federal government of the United States in 1953 in the Sing Sing correctional facility in Ossining, New ...

Rosenberg, Ethel, 1915-1953

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union. The couple were accused of providing top-secret information about radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines, and valuable nuclear weapon designs; at that time the United States was the only country in the world with nuclear weapons. Convicted of espionage in 1951, they were executed by the federal government of the United States in 1953 in the Sing Sing correctional facility in Ossining, New ...

Hoag, Leslie

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Historical Background Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were tried on charges of conspiracy to commit espionage in 1951. They were convicted when the court determined they had provided information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. In 1953 they were executed for the crime, an event that was and remains controversial. Barbara Clairchilde, Leslie Hoag and Dudley Knight were associated with KPFK, a politically progressive radio stat...

Clairchilde, Barbara

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Historical Background Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were tried on charges of conspiracy to commit espionage in 1951. They were convicted when the court determined they had provided information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. In 1953 they were executed for the crime, an event that was and remains controversial. Barbara Clairchilde, Leslie Hoag and Dudley Knight were associated with KPFK, a politically progressive radio stat...