About this episode
In this episode, a civil liberties attorney defends a Holocaust denier in a gripping legal battle.
This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library. In Peter Sagal’s contest of intellect and wills, Abby Gersten, a tenacious civil liberties attorney, defends a right-wing Holocaust denier, arguing her case against a young, committed Jewish federal prosecutor. But Abby may have to sacrifice everything to prove that Truth and Justice do not always go hand in hand. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July of 1999. Directed by Jenny Sullivan Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg David Clennon as Bernard Cooper Tim DeKay as Ryberg Harold Gould as Gomrowitz John Randolph as Nathan Kimberly Scott as Stefanie Stephanie Zimbalist as Abigail Gersten See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
People in this episode
Guests: Abby Gersten, David Clennon, Tim DeKay, Harold Gould, John Randolph, Kimberly Scott, Stephanie Zimbalist
Topics covered
- civil liberties
- Holocaust denial
- legal drama
- intellectual contest
- justice
- live performance
Keywords
- civil liberties
- Holocaust denial
- lawyer
- prosecutor
- drama
- live audience
- California
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Skirball Cultural Center, California
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