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By M. SEAN KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
In 1937 John Steinbeck wrote both the short novel and the play, “Of Mice and Men.”
After 55 years this Depression era drama still has the power and emotional intensity to leave an audience drained and empty.
The Rappahannock County Players have produced an excellent rendition of this American tragedy and morality play set on a California farm during the barley harvest.
In fact, the players have outdone themselves. Although the rolls are not as fully developed as those in A Lion in Winter for example, the climax is more powerful and more frightening than the finale of Wait Until Dark, which the players produced several years ago.
Special mention must be made of Ray Miller’s interpretation of Lennie, the mentally retarded giant who loves to pet soft things but who can not control his enormous strength.
For years he has been protected by his friend, George, played by Will Arias. George finds work for the two of them. He keeps their work cards. He bails Lennie out of trouble. As the foil to Lennie, George is short and lithe, playing against the slowmoving mass of Lennie.
As the play opens, George and
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