Southwark Playhouse, London: As Leo Frank points out within the first ten minutes of this musical, there is something very peculiar about a county that celebrates losing a battle. Indeed, it is a frenzy of misguided southern pride that brings about his shocking and brutal demise. Librettist Alfred Uhry uses this celebration and the parade of the title as the backdrop to his dramatisation of Leo Frank's arrest an…
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:09AM on August 18, 2011