The Dock Brief

Synopsis

A play.

Performed in London and on American television and stage with What Shall We Tell Caroline?

A seedy lawyer has been waiting for years to make a grandstand defence.

He is assigned to defend an innocuous little man accused of murdering his wife.

The man cheerfully admits his guilt; he simply couldn't stand his wife's constant joking and laughing.

The trial ends and the verdict is a foregone conclusion.

The lawyer begs his client to let him appeal.

Ironically the man is reprieved because of the ineptitude of his defence.