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Judge's Wife, The

  • Caryl Churchill
  • Short Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 3M, 4F
  • ISBN: 9781854590855

A Judge passes a harsh sentence on a young man, Vernon Warren. Warren's brother kills the Judge.

  • Short Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
A Judge passes a harsh sentence on a young man, Vernon Warren. Warren's brother kills the Judge. Caroline, the Judge's wife, explains her husband's reactionary behaviour, seeing his death as "his way of committing suicide"; deliberately making himself a parody of a right-wing bigot, thereby giving his life for the oppressed, for the revolution.

Contained in the volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts.

  • Casting: 3M, 4F

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A Judge passes a harsh sentence on a young man, Vernon Warren. Warren's brother kills the Judge. Caroline, the Judge's wife, explains her husband's reactionary behaviour, seeing his death as "his way of committing suicide"; deliberately making himself a parody of a right-wing bigot, thereby giving his life for the oppressed, for the revolution.

Contained in the volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts.

$24.95