Murmuring Judges

A young lawyer''s involvement in her first case leads her through a criminal justice system - police, courts and prisons - which is cracking at the seams. Murmuring Judges is the second play in David Hare''s highly acclaimed trilogy about British institutions. Racing Demon , which won four awards as Play of the Year in 1990, was the first part of the trilogy and examined the Church. The Absence of War , a play about the Labour Party, completed the trilogy.

About the author

David Hare has written over thirty stage plays and thirty screenplays for film and television. The plays include Plenty, Pravda (with Howard Brenton), The Secret Rapture, Racing Demon, Skylight, Amy's View, The Blue Room, Via Dolorosa, Stuff Happens, The Absence of War, The Judas Kiss, The Red Barn, The Moderate Soprano, I'm Not Running and Beat the Devil. For cinema, he has written The Hours, The Reader, Damage, Denial, Wetherby and The White Crow among others, while his television films include Licking Hitler, the Worricker Trilogy, Collateral and Roadkill. In a millennial poll of the greatest plays of the twentieth century, five of the top hundred were his.

Product details

• Authors: David Hare, Hare David
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.03.2002
• EAN: 9780571172191
• ISBN: 978-0-571-17219-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 9 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LAW / Criminal Law / General, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Criminal justice law, Educational: Drama & performance arts, Theatre Direction & Production, Theatre direction and production