RICHARD M. NIXON
A Play in Five Acts


DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Richard, President of the United States

Howard K. Smith )
Eric Severied ) members of the Press
John Chancellor )
Walter Cronkite )

Spiro Agnew, Vice-President
Carl Albert, Representative, from Oklahoma
and Speaker of the House of Representatives
Warren Burger, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court
Gerald Ford, Representative, from Michigan,
afterwards Vice-President
Sam Ervin, Senator, from North Carolina
and Chairman of the Senate Select Committee
James Baker, Senator, from Tennessee
Carl Curtis, Senator, from Nebraska
Peter Rodino, Representative, from New Jersey
and Chairman of the House Committee on
the Judiciary
Wiggins, Representative, from California
Sandman, Representative, from New Jersey

Judge Sirrica
Other Divers Senators, Representatives,
and Justices
Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel
Leonid Brezhnev, Party Chairman of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Counsels for the Majority and Minority

Pat, wife to Richard
Julie Nixon Eisenhower ) daughters to
Tricia Nixon Cox ) Richard
Ron Ziegler, press spokesman to Richard
Rosemary Woods, personal secretary to Richard

John Dean )
H.R. Haldeman ) aides to Richard
John Ehrlichman )
John Mitchell, Chairman of the Committee to
Re-elect the President
Martha, wife to Mitchell
Henry Kissinger, a Jew, Secretary of State
Herbert Stein, an Economic Advisor
William Simon, an Energy Czar
Edward Cox ) sons-in-law
David Eisenhower ) to Richard
A Doctor, to Richard
Daniel Ellsberg
A Psychiatrist, to Ellsberg
Archibald Cox, a Prosecutor
Leon Jaworski, another Prosecutor
James St. Clair, lawyer to Richard
Bathe, a Farmer
Arab Ambassadors
Five Burglars
Cub Scouts
Two Jailers
A General
A Corporal
A Jury
Divers Crowds, Spectators, Experts, Farmers, Advisors, Servants, Attendants, Bailiffs, Clerks,
Officers of the Court, Members of the Press, Supporters of the President, Demonstrators,
Plumbers, Lawyers, Townspeople, Secret Service Agents, Dignitaries

Scene: Washington, California, Florida, Nebraska, Israel, Moscow