The Trial of Mary Lincoln
- Episode aired Feb 14, 1972
An opera set in Chicago's Cook County Court House is based on the 1875 trial of Mary Todd Lincoln to determine if she should be committed to an insane asylum. The competency hearing serves a... Read allAn opera set in Chicago's Cook County Court House is based on the 1875 trial of Mary Todd Lincoln to determine if she should be committed to an insane asylum. The competency hearing serves as a backdrop for flashbacks to events In the former First Lady's life.An opera set in Chicago's Cook County Court House is based on the 1875 trial of Mary Todd Lincoln to determine if she should be committed to an insane asylum. The competency hearing serves as a backdrop for flashbacks to events In the former First Lady's life.