The Tree (American play)
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The Tree is a 1932 American play by Richard Maibaum about lynching. It had a short run in Iowa then was picked up for a short run on Broadway. It was Maibaum's first Broadway play.[1] Robert Rossen directed and the production launched his career.[2]
A woman is loved by several men. One of them, a white man, murders her but the crime is blamed on a black man who is then lynched.