From top left: Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod, Judge Amit P. Mehta, Judge Joshua Deahl, Judge Thomas B. Griffith (ret.), Marshal Pamela Talkin (ret.), and Attorneys Makan Delrahim and Andrew Weissmann. Photo courtesy of Shakespeare Theatre Company.
This is the 35th year the “Mock Trial” has been presented and, like last year, it is virtual. In keeping with the Shakespeare Theatre Company and the STC’s Bard Association, it is a delightful confluence of Shakespeare, lawyerly wit, and timely barbs focused on the news of the day. This year did not disappoint.
The arguments were made with brio and wit. The judges asked searching questions and kept the lawyers on their toes and it was seamlessly done. For once, everyone was glad that nobody followed Shakespeare’s dictum to “…kill all the lawyers.” Because they slayed!
Shakespeare Theatre Company Hosts Its Annual Mock Trial
Audiences are invited to hear a mock appellate argument based on a legal issue arising out of a re-imagined plot point of The Winter s Tale.by BWW News Desk
Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Shakespeare Theatre Company s annual Mock Trial, the funniest, most entertaining event in Washington (Roll Call) is now in session-virtually. On March 11, at 7:30 p.m. ET, audiences are invited to hear a mock appellate argument before a panel of judges, based on a legal issue arising out of a re-imagined plot point of The Winter s Tale. Audiences will be able to watch the proceedings online and even cast their own judgment before the panel renders their verdict.
Posted: Jan 01, 2021 8:00 AM NT | Last Updated: January 1
In Charles Dickens s A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is visited by a series of ghosts on Christmas Eve. This scene of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre s 2017 adaptation shows Scrooge with the Ghost of Christmas Present. (Dylan Hewlett/Royal MTC)
Have you ever listened closely to the lyrics of
It s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year? One line in particular might surprise you:
There ll be scary ghost stories And tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago.
Written in 1962, the seasonal standard refers to what was by then already a fading custom: spending Christmas evenings regaling friends and relations with the most spine-chilling stories you could muster.