Inadmissible Evidence
Inadmissible Evidence Author: John Osborne
First Performance: 1964, London
Published: 1965
Genre: Drama in 2 acts
Setting: Solicitor's office, London, 1960s
Cast: 3m, 5f
In a dream sequence, 39-year-old Bill Maitland, practising as a solicitor for 25 years, finds himself on trial for having depended ‘almost entirely on other people's efforts’. The dream dissolves: the Judge is revealed as Hudson, the Managing Clerk, who now works for Bill. Bill arrives in his office, deals offensively with his secretary Shirley, who gives her notice, and patronizingly with the amiable Hudson. Instead of working, Bill is more interested in discussing his many affairs, particularly his present liaison with Liz, which is not going well. In a series of telephone calls, which may or not be part of his dream, Bill tries to calm...
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