I DREAM BEFORE I TAKE THE STAND

I Dream Before I Take the Stand, by Arlene Hutton, is a short one-act (roughly 20 minutes) that is at once an aburdist drama and dream play of sorts. A woman dreams about the upcoming trial of the man who sexually assaulted (and possibly raped) her in the park one not-so-typical morning on her way to work. The piece focuses on the woman's subconscious and begs the question "Is the woman responsible for the attack against her?" and throws a critical eye onto court practices that allow such personal questions as what clothing the woman was wearing to be asked within the courtroom.
URL:http://theatre.wanderingchild.org/dream.html

This was a very interesting play in which you can witness how a good lawyer and his skills can change everything around in a courtroom, everything though if the defendant is entirely wrong.