ON TRIAL A Dramatic Composition in Four Acts ON TRIAL A PLAY IN THREE ACTS BY ELMER L. REIZENSTEIN Staged Under the Direction of Sam FOR S ON TRIAL ORIGINAL CAST OF CHARACTERS THE D EFENDAN . T . ............. F rederick Perry HIS DAUGHTE . R . ............... Constance Wolf HIS WIFE. ......................... Mary Ryatz HERF ATHE R D eceased ........ T l omas F indlny THE DEAD XIAN. ............ . Frederick Tmesdell HIS WIDOW . . ................... H elene Lackaye P HIS SECRETAR . Y .. . ................ H uns Robert A NEWSA GENT . . . ............ J . 2. Vallace Clinton A HOTELP ROPRIETO . R .. . . ... . Lawrence Eddingev A PHYSICIA .. N .. . ................. G eo ge B urr A MAID. ...................... Floreztce Walcott A WAITER . . . ..................... . John Adams THE JUDGE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F urzk Young THED ISTRICAT TTORNE . Y . . . ...... W iZlia W t u lcott THED EFENDANTCSO UNSEL .. . ..... G nrdwr Crane THEC LERK . . ..................... J ohn K1ezzdo. t THE C OURTS TENOGRAPH . E . R .. . . .... J . M. Brook3 THEC OURTA TTLXDANT .. S . .. . laa zesH erberf and CIznrZes Wnlt THE JURY Foreman, Howard Wall R. A. Thayer Kobert Dudley Edmund Purdy Harry Friend Arthur Tobell Nat Levitt Samuel Reichner J. H. Mathews Anson Adams Joseph McKenn George Spivins 3 ON TRIAL THE FIRST DAY OF THE TRIAL PROLOGU T E h e Court Room. ACT I, Scerle I The library ill the home of Gerald Trask, June 24th, 1913, 9 30 P. M. Scene 2 The court room. ACT 11, Scerre I The court room. Scene 2 The sitting room in the home of Robert Strickland, June 24tl1, 1913, 7 30 P. M. Scene 3 The court room. THE SECOND DAY OF THE TRIAL ACT 111, Scene I The court room. Scene 2 A room in a hotel on Long Island, Thirteen years earlier. Scetle 3 The court room. EPILOG U E S cene I The jury room. Sce te a The court rooin. It is important that the audience be seated before the rise of the curtain on each act. Wait between ACTS I and I1 Five Mi zrrtes het ween ACTS I I and I11 Nine Mi zutcrs. Wait between ACT I11 and Epilogue Five hfirrc4tes TRI PROLOGUE SCENE Coztrt r001. JUDGE OII bericlz,, etc. Twelve 1r2er2 irt the jury box. Cr. ews. Mr. Summers, take the vacant place in the jury box. Shuflirtg of feet GRAY. Whats your name SUMMERS Jo . hn Summers. Ring up. GRAY. Mr. Summers, what is your occupation SUM XIERS. Electrical engineer. GRAY. Are you in business for yourself SUMMERS Y . e s, sir, at I Madison Avenue. GRAY. Mr. Summers, are you opposed to capital punishment SUMMERS N . O . GRAY. DO you know Robert Strickland, the de fendant in this case Stand up, Strickland. STRICKLAND ri ses, right qrll2 ht sling. STRICKLAND Y esztlltes his scat. GRAY. DO you know anyone related to him 6 ON TRIAL g SUMMER N S O . . GRAY. Did YOU know Gcrald Trask, for whose murder Strickland is on trial SUMMERS...