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But as the paddle wheels begin to churn the murky waters, a third man walks the deck and guards the prisoner. Lorenzo De Zavala, once a compatriot of Santa Anna but angered by his cruel dictatorship, is fiercely loyal to the Texas cause. The former Mexican diplomat is now vice-president of this new republic and ironically a bridge between the two men.
“Leaving San Jacinto” paints a vivid dramatized account of the birth of the Republic of Texas. How would history — and legend — portray the three men at its center? Would vengeance have its day? Would politics ignite a new revolution? Or would an underlying fraternal bond guide these three passengers of the Yellow Stone?
Dianne K. Webb directs; and Cameron Cooper stars as Sam Houston, Scott McWhirter as Santa Anna, and Daniel Perez Vertti as Lorenzo de Zavala. John Kaiser plays multiple roles.
Check http://countryplayhouse.org/?p=821
Enjoy this Houston Masonic Library & Museum play celebrating
Texas Independence Day
Thursday February 28 thru Sunday March 3
Tickets are $28/person or $23/person for groups of 20+
Texas Independence Day
Thursday February 28 thru Sunday March 3
Tickets are $28/person or $23/person for groups of 20+
The last shots have fired, but the battle for the soul of Texas has just begun. Aboard the steamship Yellow Stone sits the captured Mexican dictator and self-proclaimed “Napoleon of the West,” Santa Anna. Defeated at the Battle of San Jacinto and taken prisoner only days earlier, Santa Anna, with the blood of Goliad and the Alamo fresh on his hands, has every reason to fear for his life.
Sam Houston, the badly wounded hero of the battle is compelled by the ship’s captain to get medical attention in New Orleans. They will not depart without him. Thus the general finds himself accompanying his defeated foe for the short voyage to Galveston and knows he may be the only one standing between Santa Anna and an unceremonious execution.But as the paddle wheels begin to churn the murky waters, a third man walks the deck and guards the prisoner. Lorenzo De Zavala, once a compatriot of Santa Anna but angered by his cruel dictatorship, is fiercely loyal to the Texas cause. The former Mexican diplomat is now vice-president of this new republic and ironically a bridge between the two men.
“Leaving San Jacinto” paints a vivid dramatized account of the birth of the Republic of Texas. How would history — and legend — portray the three men at its center? Would vengeance have its day? Would politics ignite a new revolution? Or would an underlying fraternal bond guide these three passengers of the Yellow Stone?
Dianne K. Webb directs; and Cameron Cooper stars as Sam Houston, Scott McWhirter as Santa Anna, and Daniel Perez Vertti as Lorenzo de Zavala. John Kaiser plays multiple roles.