Gun Control and Religion Square Off in “The Seventeenth Coffin”
Exciting new play tackles the Second Amendment in “The Seventeenth Coffin” by Kevin T. Baldwin.
Worcester, MA, June 12, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Statistically speaking the argument for sensible, stricter gun control policies may be clear to some, but it has never been so clear for others who claim their right to keep and bear arms which they feel they have purchased and use responsibly.
It is an ongoing discussion and one which the founding fathers could not have possibly imagined when they adopted the Second Amendment to the Constitution in 1791.
How could they foretell that from their original 13 colonies (and only 4,000,000 residents, who couldn’t get along even then), would spring up a land mass comprised of 48 (out of 50) US states not able to viably support all of its almost 400,000,000 inhabitants? Further, could they have imagined the wondrous technological and evolutionary advances in weaponry over the course of 200 years?
These are thoughts that a priest and headmaster of an all boys’ school ponders in the exciting new play “The Seventeenth Coffin” written by Kevin T. Baldwin.
The priest takes the ultimate journey and moral stand on the gun control debate after a horrible tragedy on campus.
As the one-act story unfolds, Father Weems sits and watches helplessly as coffin after coffin passes near him after a mass shooting. The level of physical and emotional devastation in its wake becomes overwhelming for the man.
At odds with Father Weems is Father McManus, who not only believes in God but also has argued numerous times with Father Weems about his belief in the right for “responsible people” to carry weapons.
But has the catastrophic event on campus brought the clergymen closer to a more mutual understanding or are they now more polarized than ever as a result?
Father Weems scrutinizes these questions and more in “The Seventeenth Coffin” as he encounters an unusual woman who has come forth to console the priest, although he does not know why.
Baldwin’s play is an analysis of individual vs. societal beliefs and through many plot twists and turns, without being overly maudlin, self-indulgent or preachy, the play becomes more about the birth, death and re-birth of a man’s beliefs.
At 24 pages, "The Seventeenth Coffin" is available in both paperback and Kindle form. The average retail price of the paperback is $6.29.
Copies of the play are available through Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
It is an ongoing discussion and one which the founding fathers could not have possibly imagined when they adopted the Second Amendment to the Constitution in 1791.
How could they foretell that from their original 13 colonies (and only 4,000,000 residents, who couldn’t get along even then), would spring up a land mass comprised of 48 (out of 50) US states not able to viably support all of its almost 400,000,000 inhabitants? Further, could they have imagined the wondrous technological and evolutionary advances in weaponry over the course of 200 years?
These are thoughts that a priest and headmaster of an all boys’ school ponders in the exciting new play “The Seventeenth Coffin” written by Kevin T. Baldwin.
The priest takes the ultimate journey and moral stand on the gun control debate after a horrible tragedy on campus.
As the one-act story unfolds, Father Weems sits and watches helplessly as coffin after coffin passes near him after a mass shooting. The level of physical and emotional devastation in its wake becomes overwhelming for the man.
At odds with Father Weems is Father McManus, who not only believes in God but also has argued numerous times with Father Weems about his belief in the right for “responsible people” to carry weapons.
But has the catastrophic event on campus brought the clergymen closer to a more mutual understanding or are they now more polarized than ever as a result?
Father Weems scrutinizes these questions and more in “The Seventeenth Coffin” as he encounters an unusual woman who has come forth to console the priest, although he does not know why.
Baldwin’s play is an analysis of individual vs. societal beliefs and through many plot twists and turns, without being overly maudlin, self-indulgent or preachy, the play becomes more about the birth, death and re-birth of a man’s beliefs.
At 24 pages, "The Seventeenth Coffin" is available in both paperback and Kindle form. The average retail price of the paperback is $6.29.
Copies of the play are available through Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
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