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Prima facie (legal term meaning 'on the face of it') / Suzie Miller.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Currenct theatre seriesPublisher: Strawberry Hills, NSW : Currency Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 99, [12] pages : black and white portraits ; 21 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Adult
ISBN:
  • 9781760622688 (paperback)
Other title:
  • Griffin Theatre Company presents Prima facie
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 822.4 23
Awards:
  • Winner of the 2018 Griffin Award.
Summary: "Prima Facie is an indictment of the Australian legal systems failure to provide reliable pathways to justice for women in rape, sexual assault or harassment cases. Its a work of fiction, but one that could have been ripped from the headlines of any paper, any day of the week, so common you could cry. Sheridan Harbridge stars as Tessa, a criminal lawyer at the top of her game who knows the law permits no room for emotion. To win, you just need to believe in the rules. And Tessa loves to win, even when defending clients accused of sexual assault. Her court-ordained duty trumps her feminism. But when she finds herself on the other side of the bar, Tessa is forced into the shadows of doubt shes so ruthlessly cast over other women. Turning Sydneys courts of law into a different kind of stage, Suzie Millers taut, rapid-fire and gripping one-woman show exposes the shortcomings of a patriarchal justice system where it is her word against his." --Back cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 822.4 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 90360

"'This is not life. this is law.'"-Front cover.

"#Me Too"--Front cover.

"17 May - 22 June 2019"-Front cover.

"Prima Facie is an indictment of the Australian legal systems failure to provide reliable pathways to justice for women in rape, sexual assault or harassment cases. Its a work of fiction, but one that could have been ripped from the headlines of any paper, any day of the week, so common you could cry. Sheridan Harbridge stars as Tessa, a criminal lawyer at the top of her game who knows the law permits no room for emotion. To win, you just need to believe in the rules. And Tessa loves to win, even when defending clients accused of sexual assault. Her court-ordained duty trumps her feminism. But when she finds herself on the other side of the bar, Tessa is forced into the shadows of doubt shes so ruthlessly cast over other women. Turning Sydneys courts of law into a different kind of stage, Suzie Millers taut, rapid-fire and gripping one-woman show exposes the shortcomings of a patriarchal justice system where it is her word against his." --Back cover.

Winner of the 2018 Griffin Award.

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