A feverish Martha Washington is on her deathbed, surrounded by the enslaved people poised to claim freedom the moment she dies. In her final hours, she is confronted by a hallucinatory “trial” where she must face her past and the legacy of slavery in the U.S.
The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington
A feverish Martha Washington is on her deathbed, surrounded by the enslaved people poised to claim freedom the moment she dies. In her final hours, she is confronted by a hallucinatory “trial” where she must face her past and the legacy of slavery in the U.S. Support American Theatre: a just and thriving theatre ecology begins with information for all. Please join us in this mission by joining TCG, which entitles you to copies of our quarterly print magazine and helps support a long legacy…
