Lessing's lesson about decency and tolerance By Wendy Rosenfield
Nathan is played here with understatement and humility by David Strathairn, a film (<em>Good Night and Good Luck</em>, <em>Cold Souls</em>, and the forthcoming <em>Howl</em>), TV (<em>The Sopranos</em>), and theater veteran who also is a veteran of People's Light (<em>Sally's Gone, She Left Her Name</em>).