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Terence Frisby
"Absorbing...His writing is sharp, and the courtroom interchanges positively crackle." - Sunday Express
James Highwood, the host of a popular television program called 'British Justice', is on the stand at the Old Bailey, accused of murdering his mentally disabled child. He refuses his solicitor's plea to obtain legal representation and conducts his own defence, admitting responsibility but pleading manslaughter. His claim that the jury alone is responsible for the verdict brings him into conflict with the judge, while his battle to have his intentions understood brings him into conflict with the prosecutor, a well known Catholic pro-lifer. There is also the question of whether Highwood actually killed his child after all. This adroitly written courtroom drama starred Diana Quick and Martin Shaw in London's West End.
"Absorbing...His writing is sharp, and the courtroom interchanges positively crackle. " - Sunday Express
Terence Frisby (1932-2020) was a British playwright, actor, director and producer. His most famous play, There’s a Girl in My Soup, was London’s longest-running comedy (six and a half years) 1966-1972 and a worldwide smash hit, with long runs on Broadway, and in Paris, Berlin ...