Oliver Chris’ RALEGH: THE TREASON TRIAL plays at Winchester Great Hall from 16-18 November and Sam Wanamaker Playhouse from 24– 30 November
October 10, 2018 |
Winchester Great Hall
17 November, 1603
The air is alive with the silence of a thousand expectant eyes. Ralegh enters, slowly, walking with a cane, neither proud nor defiant, concealing a limp with a studied control.
Ralegh bows to the bench. Then to the jury. The charge is read.
So begins the trial of the best hated person in England. A trial that changed history.