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Acute Theatre Limited and Dann Moss in association with Park Theatre presents

The Trial Of Jane Fonda

by Terry Jastrow

Cast includes: Oscar nominee and Golden Globe Winner Anne Archer (Fatal Attraction, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger), Christien Anholt, Martin Fisher, Alex Gaumond, Paul Herzberg, Ako Mitchell and Mark Rose.

Directed by Joe Harmston

‘Fascinating… a tour de force performance from Anne Archer’ ★★★★
LondonTheatre1

‘Explosive performances… 95 minutes of powderkeg drama’ ★★★★★
Stage Review

'The fine cast ensure that each character registers vividly. Archer makes a luminously beautiful Jane' WhatsOnStage

1972. North Vietnam: Driven to halt the slaughter of young lives, iconic movie star Jane Fonda travels to Vietnam where she is photographed laughing and clapping, astride an anti-aircraft gun, the sole purpose of which is to shoot down American planes. Overnight the soldiers’ sexy pin-up becomes ‘Hanoi Jane’; traitor to her country and betrayer of those very young men. 

1988. Waterbury, Connecticut: Bitter demonstrations by veterans halt filming on a movie co-starring Fonda and Robert De Niro. Determined to stop her past dictating her future, Jane requests a meeting and enters a room full of angry men for whom the war still rages. The content of the meeting is never divulged.

Having retraced Fonda’s steps in Vietnam, interviewed her guides and interpreters, dozens of veterans and Fonda herself, Terry Jastrow’s powerful drama conjectures the battles which were fought in that encounter, battles which are as much to do with the ability of recorded images to dictate our memories as they are to do with truth.

Offie Award nominee - Best New Play