Sus
Author(s):
Barrie Keefe
Company:
Sidehammer Productions
Barrie Keefe’s 1979 political drama is set on election night 1979 and named after the sus laws of the time which made it legal for police to stop and search anyone purely on suspicion.
The play takes place during the graveyard shift at a police station, as two detectives, embittered yet empowered by the prospect of a new right-wing government, place bets on which party will win.
When a black man is arrested and accused of his wife’s murder, he is incensed, believing that he will be fodder for an incoming government keen to flex its law-and-order muscles.
