Camdram

    Murmuring Judges
    By David Hare

    19:45, Tue 1st – Sat 5th March 2016 at ADC Theatre
    Lent Week 7

    “Oh God, let me not give in to hope.”

    The second instalment in David Hare's critically acclaimed trilogy of British institutions, 'Murmuring Judges' takes a look at the inner workings of a bleak justice system. Our prisons are full. Our police don't care. And our judges don't listen.

    Gerard McKinnon, a young and struggling father of two, is sentenced to 5 years in prison and left to rot. As the rest of the world keeps turning, only junior barrister Irina Platt dares to question the judge’s decision. As alibis unravel and tensions rise, Gerard and Irina find themselves confronting the true nature of the law: distanced, disillusioned and disinterested. ‘Murmuring Judges’ still resonates today as a brutal portrayal of privilege, patriarchal society and punishment without purpose.

    “It seems obvious to an outsider. All this behaviour, the honours, the huge sums of money, the buildings, the absurd dressing up. They do have a purpose. It’s anaesthetic. It’s to render you incapable of imagining life the other way around.”

    Cast

    Gerard
    Irina
    Sir Peter
    Home Secretary
    Barry
    Sandra
    Keith
    Beckett
    Cuddeford
    Dave
    Lester
    Nelson
    Jason

    Production Team

    Director
    Assistant Director ,
    Publicity Designer
    Stage Manager
    Deputy Stage Manager
    Sound Designer
    Assistant Stage Manager
    Lighting Designer
    Photographer
    Headshot Photographer –
    Assistant Stage Manager
    Technical Director
    Assistant Stage Manager
    Set Designer