Library Offers Play About MacArthur

Efrem Zimbalist Jr. is scheduled to portray Gen. Douglas MacArthur at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library this weekend in a reenactment of MacArthur’s final visit to the West Point military academy.

The play “MacArthur at West Point” re-creates a 1962 news conference that MacArthur--then a fading war hero and two-time presidential candidate--gave at the United States Military Academy in upstate New York.

Zimbalist, best-known for his work on the television series “The FBI,” will play MacArthur as he responds to questions from a member of the press. The reporter is to be played by Tony Thomas, who wrote the play.

Admission to the play is free, but reservations are needed because seating is limited.

For reservations and other information, call the Reagan library in Simi Valley at (800) 410-8354.

Admission to the library itself--now showing an exhibit on U.S. history and pop culture of the 1960s--is $4 for adults, $2 for senior citizens and free for children under age 16.