Prima Facie by Suzie Miller review – what does the hit play gain from being novelised?

Suzie Miller’s novelisation of Prima Facie is out now through Pan Macmillan Composite: Pan Macmillan Australia

When it comes to sexual assault and the law, a lot has happened since Suzie Miller debuted her one-woman “rape play” (her words).

Prima Facie, about a sexual assault defence-barrister-turned-complainant who tries to get justice for her own rape, opened at Sydney’s Griffin Theatre Company in 2019. Since then, in Australia alone, we’ve witnessed the fallout from high-profile allegations involving the then attorney general Christian Porter, the former parliamentary aide Bruce Lehmann and the actor Geoffrey Rush (all of whom denied the allegations and none of whom were convicted).