A Few Good Men

By Aaron Sorkin

ADC Theatre, Cambridge, 26 – 30 March 2024

“You can’t handle the truth”

Aaron Sorkin’s iconic drama follows two Marines who have confessed to a murder at Guantanamo Bay, and challenges all of our preconceptions about what the truth really is…

From Cuba to Washington DC and finally to epic courtroom scenes the dark rituals of a Marine Corp which values the ‘Unit’ above God, country and the law come shockingly to the stage.

This amateur production of “A Few Good Men” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

Below photographs by Paul Ashley 

A Marine in formal dress attire is giving evidence in court, answering questions from a Navy lawyer in a suit jacket. Both are smiling.

“Surely one of the dramatic highlights of the Cambridge theatre scene.”
Cambridge Critique

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A slick and engrossing production of an excellently written play.

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Utterly compelling...gritty, classy, mesmerising.

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The best play I've ever seen on the ADC stage.

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An actor wearing a Marine uniform with a white helmet
An actor standing to attention in a Marine camouflage uniform in front of a distressed American flag
A portrait photo of an actor in a U.S. Marine uniform
A close-up of a lawyer reading his notes. In the background, the defendant is wearing his U.S. Marine's uniform and stands under a spotlight in front of a distressed American flag
Two U.S. Marines are being held in the military prison. They are young and in their camouflage uniforms. They are looking up at the ceiling and sit on benches facing each other.
A man smiles at his colleague who is looking seriously down at his desk.
A group of Marines are being given orders by their superior. They are standing to attention as he walks in front of them with his finger raised.
Three Navy lawyers struggle to hear a Marine talking to them over the background noise. Two of the Navy lawyers are men in their white uniforms, the other is a blonde lady who is covering her ears.
A Navy lawyer in her sand coloured uniform sits on her desk by a stack of case files. She is smiling.
A Navy lawyer in a suit is talking to his client who is a Marine in formal dress uniform.
A Marine in formal dress attire is giving evidence in court, answering questions from a Navy lawyer in a suit jacket. Both are smiling.
The lawyers for the defence and the prosecution are talking. Both are wearing military dress uniform. The prosecution lawyer looks angry as the defence lawyer is talking to him.
In a busy courtroom, a Navy defence lawyer is cross examining a witness. It looks like things are getting heated and the judge looks concerned.
Two lawyers for the defence team are having a conversation. One is holding out his hands to the other's chest to explain something to him. They are both wearing white shirts and black ties.
"You want the truth? You can't handle the truth" The defence lawyer cracks the prosecution's key witness as they stand face to face. The defence lawyer holds out his finger to the witness' chest as they look sternly at each other.
The cast of 'A Few Good Men' stand on the stage for their curtain call. They are all in military uniform and are smiling at the audience.