Guilty Conscience

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Cast Size

2w, 2m
Subgenre

Mystery/Thriller
Target Audience

Adult

Details

Summary

A brilliant and ruthless criminal attorney plots to kill his wife and tests each scenario in the courtroom of this mind. He creates an imaginary prosecutor and he pits himself against this alter ego in a series of witty, sometimes hostile exchanges. Again and again he is frustrated, unable to formulate the ultimate alibi. He is shocked when he learns that his wife and someone else are simultaneously planning to kill him.

History

GUILTY CONSCIENCE first appeared at the Parker Playhouse in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on April 22, 1980. Directed by Donald Driver.

Performing Groups

ARTHUR JAMISON
LOUISE JAMISON
PROSECUTOR
JACKIE WILLIS

Time Period Contemporary, 1980s
Setting The Jamison townhouse in New York City. May.
Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes

Media

"The playwrights have a dandy time manipulating us into believing one thing, then switch on the lights and merrily exclaim, 'Surprise!' ... Wonderful dialogue and satiric jabs at criminal justice." - Miami Sun Sentinel

Music

Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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Authors

William Link

William Link and Richard L. Levinson began a 43 year-long friendship in 1946, on their first day of junior high school. Both were avid Ellery Queen fans from boyhood and enjoyed mental puzzles and challenges, a characteristic that would spill over into their work. Beginning w ...

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