All the world’s a stage, and after all the rehearsals we’ve been to over the past few years, it’s now time for the command performance of this high drama which pits all the forces and resources of the state against a humble peasant farmer who likes to milk his cows and share that milk with his dear friends.
The stage is set for the world premiere this Friday of "Milk Trial by Jury"
And as Symphony in Barn always likes to lighten things up with musical motifs, this Milk Trial will be enacted after the fashion of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.
Few people know that this operetta was originally written with two alternate endings, as it was intended to be performed shortly after the verdict was announced. However, the logistics for that did not work out at the time, and so now we all have a splendid reason to take a drive in the country to go and see it performed in Michael Schmidt’s barn, up at Glencolton Farms in Durham.
Friday’s performance is in the evening, but there are both matinee and evening shows on Saturday and on Sunday there is only a matinee performance. Full details at the Symphony in the Barn website.
The Bovine 