THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, A Play in Three Acts by Edward L. Woodyard

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The play is about suicide.  The time is now. The action occurs on a bare stage with a minimum of props to signify its settings and places.

The premise:  why does an all-American hero who has it all shoot himself?All Rights Reserved

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