It is the year after the Scottsboro Boys. There will be those who will feel the danger and the desperation of the act at that time, that someone would go that far as to try to find a way to not fail, to succeed, that he would risk his life because ultimately if he is‑‑when the affair happens, it's in flashback. What you experienced is what the American audience will experience." There will be those who cannot conceive of the idea. It's too outlandish." And I told the directors then‑‑and the producers‑‑I said, "That is the very reason we have to do the interpretation. That would be so scary for him to go‑‑that would‑‑for him to go that far in that time and have an affair with a White woman, really, it's a bridge too far. So they had a reading with American actors when they were thinking of the concept, and to a person, the American actors said, "No. The original directors were British, and Miranda Cromwell, who continued on as the director here in New York on Broadway, is British also. ![]() ![]() PIERCE: They did a reading of the play with this interpretation.
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