All the King's Men - Intiman Theatre

Eleven years after Long’s death, Robert Penn Warren wrote “All the King’s Men” for which he received his first Pulitzer Prize a year later. Based on the life of Long, the play’s focal point is the career of Willie Stark, a self-proclaimed hick politician, who began his political life conducting an honest fight against a construction contract being awarded nepotistically. However, learning that politics is a dirty game, Stark begins his transformation into the manipulative end product. Adrian Hall created this adaptation of the novel in 1987 for the resident acting company of the Trinity Repertory Company of Rhode Island. 18 actors take the stage and the musical works of Randy Newman are part of Hall’s adaptation. In this Intiman performance, directed by Pam McKinnon, Leo Marks takes the lead role of Jack Burden, a journalist who ends up working for Stark. All the King's Men Full Review