Play re-creates trial that charges Dr. Frankenstein

February 10, 2011 | 10:51 p.m. CST

The Historical and Theatrical Trial Society staged "Creating Life and Death: The Trial of Dr. Frankenstein" in Jesse Hall on Thursday night. The plaintiff's attorneys played by Bradford Lear, left, and Whitney Miller listen to Josephine Larison, who plays a representative from the Society Against Revenant Technology Experts in the performance. Revenant means an animated corpse.