we have known as the bard association. figured out this morning by the way this is special event for us. this is our 25th mock trial. [applause] which dawned on me even in this town that is quite a lot of lawyering. as you know tonight's performance and trial is based on the production of "romeo & juliet" presented on the stage, stage across the way, just a few months ago. you know the work well. made it one of the challenges of doing a trial based on that particular play. it is a famous story about two lovers in a world one in which shakespeare has one of his earliest poetic masterpieces. we follow the two stars, crossed lovers, cataclysmic choices from love at first sight to their tragic end. and after being caught in between the two feuding families , the, the real issue is the one confronting the death, was it necessarily fate or was it somebody's fault? were those individuals involved responsible to make up their friends and families and those participants of higher powers, could this have been prevented, for somebody

now please join me in welcoming chair of the bard association, abbe david lowell. [applause] atthank you for joining us one of the homes of the shakespeare theatre company for winter mock trial presented by the shakespeare theatre company affinity group known as the bard association. this is a special event for us. this is our 25th mock trial. [applause] even in this town that is quite a lot of leering. [laughter] tonight's performance in trial is based on the production of romeo and juliet that was presented on stage just a few months ago. you know the work well. that make it a challenge of doing a trial based on that particular play. it is the famous story about two lovers in the world, one in which shakespeare had one of his earliest poetic masterpieces. we follow the two starcrossed lovers cataclysmic choices until the tragic end. after being caught in between the two feuding families, the montagu's in the cap let's, that capulettes. was it fate or somebody's fault? to makeeone responsible up their friends and families and participants of higher powers? could t