Judicial Murder of Mrs. Surratt

[L Verge]

It has been about fifty years since I tried to wade my way through the ultra-Victorian jargon of DeWitt's book, and I'm not quite sure if I ever reached the end. That said, I think the similarities are more in name only. This play (if it's the same as when I saw it twice as a staged reading) runs on the premise that Mrs. Surratt became legally entangled while trying to protect her children, namely Johnny Boy.