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Review: Not About Nightingales (Raven Theatre)

by Scotty Zacher

Based on real events, Not About Nightingales is Tennessee Williams' gut-wrenching account of events at a Philadelphia prison in 1937 when prisoners mounted a hunger strike in hopes of bringing to light the horrifying inhumane treatment they endured. Highly controversial in its time and lost for decades, it deals with an issue that unfortunately continues to plague our society today. Highly Recommended. (read Johanna …

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 8:18pm on May 22, 2017