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Don't you wonder: why is it necessary to declare me dead again and again?

This is the question posed by Karl Marx in Howard Zinn's witty and insightful play on history. The premise of this one-man performance is that history's most famous, and oft-misrepresented, radical is resurrected after agitating with the authorities of the afterlife to clear his name. Through a bureaucratic error, however, Marx lands in modern-day Soho, New York, rather than his old stomping grounds in London, to make his case.

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"Zinn has a way of building me up to a thought or a theory then delivering that theory with prose that far surpasses my own construction of the idea. Not necessarily a great play, but a great text, and a must read for any aspiring revolutionary. "

— Cagney (4 out of 5 stars)

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  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " brilliant...bloody brilliant "

    — Crystal, 6/23/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " A long fictional monologue of Marx reflecting on the 20th century. I actually didn't read it, but saw it performed. It's the kind of thing that just HAD to be written... nothing exceptional, but worth checking out. "

    — Brian, 5/10/2013
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    " I chuckled. "

    — Sasha, 4/25/2013
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    " Too short. It would have been interesting to expand. It is more an essay than a play. Fun and agreeable to read. A good Karl Marx refresher "

    — Paul, 4/19/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Zinn has a way of building me up to a thought or a theory then delivering that theory with prose that far surpasses my own construction of the idea. Not necessarily a great play, but a great text, and a must read for any aspiring revolutionary. "

    — Cagney, 1/4/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Karl Marx as a voice of justice --which he was. "

    — Richard, 11/5/2012
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    " Also fun! "

    — shaw, 9/18/2012
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    " A weird little play. "

    — Willow, 8/20/2012
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    " Reading this was interesting, but I'd really like to see it performed. Unfortunately, that may be a while out here in Utah. "

    — Thomas, 7/3/2012
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Very approachable monologue on the life of Marx, connected to our own time and told through his voice. Zinn is masterful in his simplicity of presentation. A must-read. "

    — Matthew, 11/5/2011
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " To classify this book as little would be doing it a great disservice. The ideas presented within are larger than life. We must come together to make a better world. This book should be required reading for freshmen. "

    — Bob, 11/5/2011
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    " Marx in Soho was a clever take on how Karl Marx would see the world if he were still alive in contemporary times. "

    — Enrique, 8/11/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " I saw this performed at SVSU in 2008 and decided to revisit it. "

    — Amelia, 7/18/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Karl Marx as a voice of justice --which he was. "

    — Richard, 2/8/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Reading this was interesting, but I'd really like to see it performed. Unfortunately, that may be a while out here in Utah. "

    — Thomas, 3/20/2010
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " To classify this book as little would be doing it a great disservice. The ideas presented within are larger than life. We must come together to make a better world. This book should be required reading for freshmen. "

    — Bob, 9/2/2008
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " A long fictional monologue of Marx reflecting on the 20th century. I actually didn't read it, but saw it performed. It's the kind of thing that just HAD to be written... nothing exceptional, but worth checking out. "

    — Brian, 11/23/2007

About Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn (1922–2010) was a historian, playwright, and activist. He wrote the classic A People’s History of the United States, which has sold more than two million copies and has been featured on The Sopranos, The Simpsons, and in the film Good Will Hunting. In 2009, History aired The People Speak, an acclaimed documentary codirected by Zinn, based on A People’s History and a companion volume, Voices of a People’s History of the United States. Zinn also wrote many other books, including an autobiography titled You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train, the play Marx in Soho, and Passionate Declarations. He received the Lannan Foundation Literary Award for Nonfiction and the Eugene V. Debs award for his writing and political activism.

About Brian Jones

Brian Jones is the senior pastor at Christ’s Church of the Valley. He is a graduate of Cincinnati Christian University and received his MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary.