The Colour of Justice - Based on the transcripts of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry

In 1993, black teenager Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death in a racist attack by a gang of white youths. The police investigation failed to provide sufficient evidence to convict.

Based on the harrowing transcripts of the public inquiry, this is a dramatic reconstruction of the first hearings which reflected the national outcry at the police's mishandling of the case. First seen at the Tricycle Theatre, London, this remarkable production received instant acclaim and subsequently transferred to the West End.

About the author

Richard Norton-Taylor is an editor, journalist and playwright, known for his work in documentary theatre. Several of his plays are based on transcripts of public enquiries, among them The Colour of Justice (Tricycle Theatre, 1999).

Summary

A dramatised reconstruction of the events in the six month inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The case has gone from being a black family tragedy to a British tragedy, with the public identifying with his parents' loss and subsequent sense of outrage.

Foreword

A dramatized reconstruction of the events in the inquiry into the murder of Briton Stephen Lawrence.

Additional text

I still rate The Colour of Justice [...] as one of the highlights of my reviewing life.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Norton-Taylor
• Assisted by: Richard Norton-Taylor (Editor), Norton-Taylor Richard (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1999
• EAN: 9781840021073
• ISBN: 978-1-84002-107-3
• No. of pages: 128
• Weight: 154 g
• Series: Oberon Books; Modern Plays Series; Tribunal Plays; Oberon Modern Plays; Oberon Books
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; DRAMA / General, Plays, Playscripts, Plays, playscripts, drama