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Home > Browse > One Act Plays > The Shaggy Dog Murder Trial

The Shaggy Dog Murder Trial

By Joanna H. Kraus. Based on New York's Barge Canal history.

Product Code: SU2000

One-act Play

Drama

Cast size: 2 to 4m., 3 to 5w., 1 either gender.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Awards: The Charlotte B. Chorpenning Playwright Award

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This one-act, participatory play is designed for a student audience of 4th through 7th graders. The script may also be used as a theatre-in-education vehicle. The dramatization is based on one of America's most unusual court cases, in which a mongrel dog is accused when a boy drowns. It results in a trial that receives nationwide coverage, splitting the town in half. The testimony of the witnesses is contradictory. It is up to the audience to vote whether the shaggy dog should live or die. A study guide is available in the script.