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The Judge's Wife
Series: NHB Modern Plays
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Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
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Broadcast on BBC 2, 1972

The Judge's Wife

By Caryl Churchill
Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
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A short play about justice and retribution, first seen as a BBC television drama.

When a Judge passes a harsh sentence on a young man, he sets in train a series of events that call into question his ultimate purpose: was he a reactionary, or a revolutionary?

Originally written for television, Caryl Churchill's The Judge's Wife was first broadcast on BBC 2 in October 1972.

Series: NHB Modern Plays
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
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Also by Caryl Churchill:

Tickets are Now On Sale
This is a Chair
The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution
Here We Go
Three Short Plays
Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp.
Lives of the Great Poisoners
Far Away
Caryl Churchill Plays: Four
Pigs and Dogs
The Skriker
Hotel
Caryl Churchill: Shorts
Lovesick
Hot Fudge
Three More Sleepless Nights
Blue Heart
Love and Information
Escaped Alone
Schreber's Nervous Illness
Beautiful Eyes
Caryl Churchill Plays: Five
Abortive
Air
A Number
Seagulls
Light Shining in Buckinghamshire
A Dream Play
What If If Only
Bliss
Ding Dong the Wicked
Icecream
A Mouthful of Birds
Caryl Churchill Plays: Three
Thyestes
Traps
Seven Jewish Children
Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?
Mad Forest
War and Peace Gaza Piece
Cloud Nine
Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen
The After-Dinner Joke

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