CAUSE CELEBRE is a play
for fifteen men, five women and one boy. When Alma Rattenbury,
attractive wife of an elderly man, engages the handsome
but uncouth Wood as odd-job boy it has tragic consequences
culminating in murder. The story follows the course of the
trial, and also the lasting effect on a woman member of
the jury. The play was partly inspired by the facts of a
well-known case. Period: 1934/5.
Cast: 16 Men, 4 Women
First Produced: 1977-Her Majesty's
Theatre, London
