Mussolini

Director and Cast, rehearsal for:

THE TRIAL OF MUSSOLINI

By “CASSIUS”
Michael Foot

The Trial of Mussolini is enormously relevant with its focus on
political morality.

In Foot's words the objective is to "underline afresh the
international character of war and how we must continue to resist
the reappearance of fascism".

Foot envisages the Italian dictator arrested by the British Army
and brought to London to stand trial. What looks like a closed
and shut case develops into something quite different the moment
several witnesses are brought in.

This video clip is of rehearsalso for the
first ever staged reading which was directed by award winning
documentary director Alfio Bernabei, author of "Dangerous
Characters" for Channel 4 and of a recent article in History
Today, "The London Plot to Kill Mussolini".

Rehearsed reading adapted and directed by Alfio Bernabei

The Judge ................ Andrew Wall
The Clerk of the Court ....Michael Andrew
The Attorney General ......Darren McIlroy
Counsel for the Defence ...Andrew Colley
Sir Austen Chamberlain.....Peter Cutts
Lord Rothermere ...........Joerg Stadler
Ward Price ................Michael Andrew
Emil Ludwig ...............Joerg Stadler
Neville Chamberlain........Chris Tranchell
Lord Simon.................Peter Cutts
Sir Samuel Hoare...........Mark Minshall
Lord Halifax...............Peter Cutts
L.S. Amery ................Michael Andrew
Duff Cooper................Mark Minshall
Lord Mottistone ...........Chris Tranchell
Hore-Belisha ..............Joerg Stadler
Lord Lloyd ................Peter Cutts
Benito Mussolini...........Richard Gofton
The Abyssinian.............Tyrone James
The Spaniard ..............Jackie Scarvellis
The Italian�...............Paola Dionisotti