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Synopsis

The story begins with the arrest of a black man in 1979, picked up on fabricated suspicion charges related to the law at the time. As the play unfolds it is apparent that the police think he is guilty of a violent crime, carried out earlier that evening, closer to home. The play is a tragic study of fascist policemen set against the backdrop of the election that brought Margaret Thatcher to power.

Our Review:

26 May 2010

Barrie Keeffe’s hard-hitting exploration of the a true life event concerning a falsely accused black man of his wife’s murder, and his mistreatment by police forces during his questioning, is placed against the rise of Thatcher’s Tory government on the very eve they came into power. Now, some years later, Keefe’s work is presented to us in a time where Conservative government has regained its power and we are asked to consider how far have we come? Would this be able to happen under our current social system? Are these attitudes still present and to what effect do they have on our justice system?

It seems to be the case that the modern justice system is intolerable of the examples of police officers we see in within the narrative, and one would hope an Officer would be unable to perform questioning in the most horrific way the leads in this piece do.

Simon Armstrong inhabits an exceptionally intimidating force in his portrayal of the extreme Conser...

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