by Reginald Rose, David Mamet
The first version I saw of this story is actually the 1997 TV movie which we watched in school. I have since seen the 1957 movie, which was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. I like both. This was another taped play from LA Theatre Works which did the Importanc...
I re-read Twelve Angry Men shortly after seeing a performance of it a couple of weeks ago. Martin Shaw and Robert Vaughn star in a production at the Garrick Theatre at the moment. The cast delivers an excellent performance of the play and I just wanted to know whether it was the production I liked o...
I loved this play and can't wait to teach it to my 8th graders. It is so deep and thought-provoking.
Really enjoyed this audio!
Twelve Angry Men is a play that takes place in the time frame of a few days. I like the concept of the story, where there is the accused is actually innocent, only being blamed for the crime because of his race, and how there's a jury of men, some who agree that he's guilty because of his race, and ...
3.5Had to read this again for school. The first time I read it, I didn't like, but now, being the third time I had to read it, I can say I'm starting to like it a little more.
The following will be a twelve thousand word dissertation on the seventy page long play by Reginald Rose. Or maybe not. Maybe I'll simply stick to reviewing. Recently I've been reading several plays and short stories. In part because I'm required to (like this one) and in part because I enjoy the di...
Twelve totally different men are stuck with each other in a small room at a courthouse in the middle of summer. They are the twelve jurors in a murder case and have to decide if a boy who is charged with murder on his father is guilty.The play is really well written. The reader gets an idea...
It's a very clever play, both optimistic about the idea of "justice" and skeptical.
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