General Sherman (tree) General Sherman (tree) General Sherman is a giant sequoia ("Sequoiadendron giganteum") tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, in the U.S. state of California. By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth. While the General Sherman is the largest currently living tree, it is not the largest historically-recorded tree. The Crannell Creek Giant, a coast redwood ("Sequoia sempervirens") near Trinidad, California, is estimated to have been 15 to 25% larger than the General Sherman tree by volume. That tree was cut down in the mid-1940s. Another larger coast redwood, near
The Blind Giant is Dancing The Blind Giant is Dancing The Blind Giant is Dancing is a play by Australian playwright Stephen Sewell. It went on to win the 1985 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award. A passionate examination of the way political power can corrupt the individual and society at large "The Blind Giant is Dancing" was first produced by the State Theatre Company of South Australia on 15 October 1983 with the following cast: GRAHAM WHITE / BRUCE FITZGERALD: Russell Kiefel MR CAREW / GREG: Robert Grubb MICHAEL WELLS: Stuart McCreery ALLEN FITZGERALD: Geoffrey Rush LOUISE KRAUS: Jacqy Phillips JANE: Robynne Bourne ROSE