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The Enquiry

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  10w, 2m

Charlotte Hastings

The Enquiry
by Charlotte Hastings

Kate, a prisoner sentenced for killing her very sick child, has been attacked and driven to attempt suicide. The prison authoritites discover that the attack was made by an inmate, Gow, who has a lesbian attachment to another prisoner, Valentine.

The Enquiry

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    10w, 2m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
Kate, a prisoner sentenced for killing her very sick child, has been attacked and driven to attempt suicide. The prison authoritites discover that the attack was made by an inmate, Gow, who has a lesbian attachment to another prisoner, Valentine, and who is insanely jealous of Kate's innocent frien'ship with Valentine. The investigations also reveal that Kate's husband had killed the child and that Kate, he'self innocent, is shielding the man'she loves.
Keywords
M2 (20s, 50s) F10 (20s-70s)
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting The Governor's office in an open prison
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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Charlotte Hastings

Charlotte Hastings
Born in 1909, Charlotte Hastings described herself as having written plays at the time when it was necessary to have a beginning, a middle and an end; an end that had to resolve itself into a conclusion. Bonaventure was not her first play but it was her first West End succ ...
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