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== Theater == |
== Theater == |
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* Both versions of Judge Turpin in ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Theatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'', although the fact that the [ |
* Both versions of Judge Turpin in ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Theatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'', although the fact that the [[wikipedia:Bloody Code|Bloody Code]] was still in force at the time may explain some of it. He's still [[Complete Monster|far from sympathetic]]. |
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* Danforth in ''[[The Crucible]]''. |
* Danforth in ''[[The Crucible]]''. |
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* Lord Angelo in [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] ''[[Measure for Measure (Theatre)|Measure for Measure]]'' starts executing 'fornicators' at first offense: not very nice, even before he [[Straw Hypocrite|tries to blackmail their sisters]] [[Scarpia Ultimatum|into having sex with him]]. |
* Lord Angelo in [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] ''[[Measure for Measure (Theatre)|Measure for Measure]]'' starts executing 'fornicators' at first offense: not very nice, even before he [[Straw Hypocrite|tries to blackmail their sisters]] [[Scarpia Ultimatum|into having sex with him]]. |
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** As a side note, [[Laser-Guided Karma|Freisler was killed by a collapsed beam when a bomb fell on his courthouse]]. |
** As a side note, [[Laser-Guided Karma|Freisler was killed by a collapsed beam when a bomb fell on his courthouse]]. |
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* Vasiliy Ulrikh, the presiding judge of [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]'s show trials. |
* Vasiliy Ulrikh, the presiding judge of [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]'s show trials. |
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* [[wikipedia:George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys|Judge Jeffreys (or to be exact, George Jeffreys, Baron Jeffreys of Wem)]] was called both "the Hanging Judge" and "the Bloody Judge" as a result of his habitual excesses, particularly during the so-called "Bloody Assizes" that marked the putting down of the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685. Jeffreys was notorious for his manipulation of juries and his violent language toward prisoners and witnesses even in that unscrupulous age. He has been a popular figure in historical fiction set in the seventeenth century, and has become for Britons the archetypical [[Hanging Judge]]. |
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** Judge Jeffreys starred in [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]'' as one of the protagonists' nemeses. |
** Judge Jeffreys starred in [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]'' as one of the protagonists' nemeses. |
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** He was also a villain in [[Peter S Beagle|Peter S. Beagle]]'s ''Tamsin''. |
** He was also a villain in [[Peter S Beagle|Peter S. Beagle]]'s ''Tamsin''. |