Four Shards

By Curtis Karnow

This is a collection of four short one act plays. Each exposes hard questions in the law. Nunc Pro Tunc compares the pros-- and the many cons-- of life in a law firm in 1961 to that in the present. Outcome Ordained explores the difficult and sometimes impossible issues that arise in a sentencing of a terrible crime, alluding to the perspectives of the victim, parents, the lawyers, the perpetrator, as well as the judge. The Interview, which is the only play partially based on a true story, asks whether the criminal justice system can ever truly deal with evil. Some of imagery in that play is brutal, and is not suitable for a younger audience. The collection ends with a lighter touch. Red Curtains is a conversation between two judges of different generations and very different approaches to the job of being a judge, but perhaps with other things in common.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1678154369
• ISBN13: 9781678154363
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"