Giles Corey of the Salem Farms

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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 Eaton
John Gloyd: Beeswaxcandle
Richard Gardner: ToddHW
Deacon: Ted Perkins
One of the Men: ToddHW
Farmer/Boy: Inkell
Farmer/Man: Greg Giordano
Jailer/Sheriff: Inkell
Narrator/Editor: Alan Mapstone (1 hr 36 min)