Playbill
October, 1972
It was front-page news around the world that morning of August 19, 1971: A wealthy American named Joel Kaplan had the evening before been literally plucked--by helicopter--from the Mexican prison where he was serving a murder sentence. The daring rescue, which somehow smacked of Robin Hood's merry men outwitting the sheriff of Nottingham, piqued the public's curiosity. Who was Kaplan? Who had sprung him? Why? In this month's lead article, Breakout, Eliot Asinof, Warren Hinckle and William Turner...
