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Giles Corey of the Salem Farms - Free Audiobook
Language: English
Author(s): Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
Genre(s): 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 MapstoneGiles Corey: Brian FullenMartha(his wife): ShrimpPhishJohn Hathorne(Magistrate): Larry WilsonCotton Mather(Minister): Greg GiordanoJonathan Walcot: Brian FullenMary Walcot: Agnes Robert BehrTituba(Indian Woman): Michele EatonJohn Gloyd: BeeswaxcandleRichard Gardner: ToddHWDeacon: Ted PerkinsOne of the Men: ToddHWFarmer/Boy: InkellFarmer/Man: Greg GiordanoJailer/Sheriff: InkellNarrator/Editor: Alan Mapstone