Witness for the Prosecution
Date: 11 May 2014
Location: Middle Temple Hall
By special arrangement with Agatha Christie Ltd, Joe Harmston (then also Artistic Director of The Agatha Christie Theatre Company), directed Christie’s stage masterpiece with Patron and Vice President Martin Shaw as the barn-storming Sir Wilfrid Robarts QC defending the apparently hapless Leonard Vole (Ben Nealon). Jessica Raine, then gracing our screens as the star of Call the Midwife, joined The Kalisher Players to play Leonard’s German wife, Romaine and 60s Pop Icon, Mark Wynter appeared for the prosecution.
Played in the ‘radio drama’ format with live sound effects by Jared Ashe this full-length performance kept a full house in Middle Temple gripped for over two hours of the greatest court room drama ever written.
Cast List:
- Sir Wilfrid Robarts QC – Martin Shaw
- Romaine Vole – Jessica Raine
- Leonard Vole – Ben Nealon
- Mr Myers QC – Mark Wynter
- Mr Mayhew, solicitor to the accused – Tom Goodman-Hill
- Mr Justice Wainright – Michael Gabe
- Inspector Hearne – Ray Fearon
- Greta and the Girl – Amy Castledine
- Carter, Sir Wilfrid’s Clerk – Daniel Hill
- Janet McKenzie – Heather Coombes
Photographs by Keith Pattison of the 2010 Agatha Christie Theatre Company production of Witness for the Prosecution
What the critics said:
“An absolutely splendid performance. Thank you for inviting me.”
Lady Antonia Fraser
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