Summary

The play is a one woman show, with one actress performing all of the characters. The protagonist is Tessa Ensler (30s) a criminal barrister living in London. In Part One, Scene One, Tessa describes the thrill of a court case from the perspective of the defence. She describes cross-examining a witness for the prosecution. She enjoys the feeling of being underestimated by the witness, lulling him into a false sense of security by pretending to seem confused, before entrapping him into making a statement that undermines the prosecution’s case. Tessa says that the process isn’t emotional for her and that she sees it as a game, one that she is very good at winning. In the case she is describing, she calls for the case to be dismissed and it is. She describes the lack of gloating from winning barristers towards the...