Judicial Murder of Mrs. Surratt

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I have seen two staged readings of this play over the past decade or so, and they were very well done. The title, of course, comes from the post-assassination book on the subject by David Miller DeWitt (see link below). The basic premise at the time of the staged readings was that the prosecution was intent on coercing Mrs. Surratt into telling them where to find her son, and she became hopelessly entangled in their dragnet. I don't know if that plot line has changed over the years.

http://www.freeclassicebooks.com/DeWitt%...urratt.pdf