Moral Ambiguity in the Aftermath of Blacklisting

Jeffrey Sweet’s play “The Value of Names” pits an informer against his victim when Leo Gershen, who named names, comes to visit Benny Silverman thirty years later to ask his forgiveness. Sweet does not offer a solution but evokes the era to raise disturbing questions. Is it necessary for the victim...

The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review

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