by DAVID EDGAR abridged for radio by MADELINE SOTHEBY , With Simon Callow as Albie
Albie Sachs, a young white South African barrister, who had made a name for himself defending people prosecuted Under the Apartheid laws, was arrested in Cape Town on 1 October 1963. He was held in solitary confinement under the 90 Days Law, which in effect allowed police to hold subjects indefinitely.
Directed by GORDON HOUSE