OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Bernard Merivale 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Otto Bastian

• Author Notes

  Based on 'Kopf in der Schlinge' (1930)

• Setting

  Inside the Court of the Old Bailey. Sir Francis Deardon's House.

• Notes

  A film was made of this play two years before in 1936.

• Synopsis

  Courtroom Drama. Sir Francis Deardon is a top prosecutor who has just secured a murder conviction at the Old Bailey. His wife is aware that the man being sent down is innocent, but she is unable to bring this to the attention of the court, as it will implicate her husband in connection with another crime.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  13

• Female

  5

• Total

  18

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  30 August 1938

• Production Notes

  Miss Carmichael's Furs by Barnardo, Grafton St.

• Producer

  Presented by Edwards-Mac Liammoir Gate Theatre Productions

• Original Venue

  Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata
  

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