Giles Corey of the Salem Farms
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Running time 01:36:17 · Drama
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Giles Corey was an English-born farmer who was "pressed to death" for refusing to enter a plea during the notorious Salem Witch Trials in 1692. His wife Martha was one of fourteen women hanged after the trials. This verse drama was written in 1868 and published as one of Longfellow's New England Tragedies. (Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast List: Prologue: Alan Mapstone Giles Corey: Brian Fullen Martha(his wife): ShrimpPhish John Hathorne(Magistrate): Larry Wilson Cotton Mather(Minister): Greg Giordano Jonathan Walcot: Brian Fullen Mary Walcot: Agnes Robert Behr Tituba(Indian Woman): Michele Eato
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