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‘Saltonstall’s Trial’ Captures Political Madness of Past, Present

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Cast of ‘Saltonstall’s Trial’ at the Larcom Theatre in Beverly

by Leslie Rosenberg

 ‘Saltonstall’s Trial’ – Written by Michael Cormier & Myriam Cyr, Directed by Myriam Cyr; Scenic Design by Cat Stramer; Lighting Design by John Malinowski; Costume Design by Cat Stramer; Produced by Punctuate4 Productions at The Larcom Theatre, 13 Wallis St., Beverly, MA 

Do the right thing.

A very important life lesson, but not always an easy thing to do, especially when you find yourself outnumbered, especially when you’re dealing with fear, superstition and suspicion, but mostly when it’s the 1700’s, and you’ve been brought in to assist on the Salem witch trials.

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‘Saltonstall’s Trial’ An Eerie Reminder of Mob Rule

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Cast of ‘Saltonstall’s Trial’ at the Larcom Theatre in Beverly

By Sheila Barth


BOX INFO: The original play, “Saltonstall’s Trial,” continues with its full production debut October 25-27: Oct. 24-26 at 7:30 p.m., and Oct. 26, 27, at 2:30 p.m. at the 560-seat Larcom Theatre, 13 Wallis St., downtown Beverly. Tickets start at $19.50. punctuate4.org, 978-390-2425, thelarcom.org.  

There are many reasons to see Punctuate4’s production of playwright-director Miriam Cyr and Michael Cormier’s timely, two-act, two-and-a-half-hour production of “Saltonstall: One Man’s Stand Against  the Salem Witch Trials” this week. 

Throughout October, the entire North Shore resonates with eerie, bizarre reminders of our forefathers’ shame – the two-year scourge of witchcraft hysteria – when pious-but-bad neighbors accused innocents of bearing the “mark of the devil” and committing supernatural, evil acts, usually during the night. Accusers further claimed the “witch” conjured up demonic helpers, throwing young church-going girls and everyone else into uncontrollable fits, hysterical fear, and illness.

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