By day, Jessica Parks is a formidable judge in a London court, handing down sentences to drug-dealers, sex offenders and domestic abusers. By night, she’s a floundering parent to a teenage son who is being bullied at school. When he is accused of raping a female classmate, Jessica’s maternal instincts butt up against her feminist politics. She has always argued that victims must be believed, but her son protests his innocence, and she feels duty bound to stand by him. This follow-up, which runs at the National Theater in London through Sept. 13, essentially inverts the plotline: Whereas in “Prima Facie” the criminal justice system was on trial, in “Inter Alia,” the family unit is in the dock.

Source: The Times July 25, 2025 13:43 UTC