Great Trials of History

Maxwell Anderson, George Bernard Shaw, Barrie Stavis, Arthur Miller, William Shakespeare, Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee, Marvin Terban adapted from Brandt Aymar & Edward Sagarin, and Stephen Vincent Benet

Presented by the Theatre shop in 1983

Notes

From the Yearbook, page 53:
Great Trials of History made history at Buck's Rock on Saturday evening when 55 campers performed in 80 speaking roles in eight different trials. Seven trials we adapted from plays performed professionally. The eighth, The Trial of Adolf Eichmann was written by Marvin Terban, the director. He adopted [sic] the play from the book Laws and Trials that Created History.

The Trials

• The Trial of Socrates adapted from Barefoot In Athens by Maxwell Anderson
• The Trial of Joan of Arc adapted from Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw and Joan of Lorraine by Maxwell Anderson
• The Trial of Galileo adapted from Lamp At Midnight by Barrie Stavis
• The Salem Witch Trial adapted from The Crucible by Arthur Miller
• The Trial of Shylock adapted from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
• The Scopes Monkey Trial adapted from Inherit The Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
• The Trial of Adolf Eichmann adapted from the book Laws and Trials That Created History by Brandt Aymar and Edward Sagarin
• The Devil and Daniel Webster adapted from the play of the same name by Stephen Vincent Benet

Creative Team (3)

Cast (54 performers in 100 roles)

Images