The Male Animal

This is the weekend of the Michigan game, and Joe Ferguson, the greatest football hero Mid-Western has ever had, comes to town and sees Ellen, his old sweetheart

In addition, Tommy is drawn into a controversy when a young intellectual writes an article in which he calls the board of trustees "fascists"

Tommy wants to read a letter to his composition class written by Vanzetti, and is about to join the ranks of the martyrs who have been fired because the trustees are shouting, "Red!"

Ellen tries to dissuade Tommy from reading the letter

And he tells her to go with Joe and leave him to his books and his principles

Eventually Tommy challenges Joe to fisticuffs after he has fortified himself with the proper courage

He steadfastly maintains his right to read the letter and to teach the young to think

Ellen sees him as a pretty good example of the male animal and stands up with him

CAST
M8,F5

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"Dismisses you from the theatre in a spirit of dazed hilarity" ~ The New York Times