''Alibi for a Judge'' is a 1960

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by the British writer

Henry Cecil Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil (11 January 1943 – 11 June 2013) was a British flat racing horse trainer. Cecil was very successful, becoming Champion Trainer ten times and training 25 domestic Classic winners. These comprised four winners o ...

. After sentencing a man to serve ten years in prison, a worrisome judge becomes concerned that the

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provided by his wife may in fact be true. In 1965 it was adapted into a stage play of the same title by Cecil collaborating with two other authors, it appeared in the West End at the

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and ran for more than 300 performances.Kabatchnik p.364

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Bibliography

* Kabatchnik, Amnon. ''Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection''. Scarecrow Press, 2011. * Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015. 1960 British novels Novels by Henry Cecil Novels set in London British comedy novels British novels adapted into plays Michael Joseph books {{1950s-crime-novel-stub