Terror

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Terror was first performed in London at the Lyric Hammersmith on 14 June 2017. The cast, in alphabetical order, was as follows:

Prosecuting Counsel Nelson Emma Fielding

Christian Lauterbach John Lightbody

Defence Counsel Biegler Forbes Masson

Presiding Judge Tanya Moodie

Franziska Meiser Shanaya Rafaat

Lars Koch Ashley Zhangazha

Directed by Sean Holmes

Set design by Anna Fleischle

Costume design by Loren Elstein

Lighting by Joshua Carr

Sound by Nick Manning

Presiding Judge

Lars Koch

Defendant

Biegler

Defence Counsel, male

Nelson

State Prosecutor, female

Christian Lauterbach

Franziska Meiser

Stenographer

female

Guard

male

The Presiding Judge enters. The curtain remains closed behind him. He is wearing a dark suit, a white shirt and a white tie. He is carrying his gown over one arm. He speaks directly to the audience.

Presiding Judge Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I’m glad to see you all here on time. It’s not easy parking round here and this building is a bit of a rabbit warren… Anyway, it’s good that you’ve all managed to get here. Before we begin, I must ask you to forget everything that you have read or heard about this case. Yes, everything. It is you alone who have been called upon to judge this matter, you are the lay judges, the members of the public who today will sit in judgement on the defendant Lars Koch. The law grants you the power to determine the fate of a human being. Please take this responsibility seriously. You will judge solely what you hear in this courtroom. We lawyers describe this as ‘evidence gained from within the hearing itself’. That means: only what is said by the defendant, the witnesses, the joint plaintiffs and legal experts in this courtroom, only the evidence which we gather here may provide the basis for your verdict.

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