We should not make it a personal thing.'īut personal it does become, with each juror revealing his or her own character as the various testimonies are re-examined, the murder is re-enacted and a new murder threat is born before their own eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become twelve angry people. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict. 'This is a remarkable thing about democracy,' says the foreign-born juror, 'that we are notified by mail to come down to this place-and decide on the guilt or innocence of a man, of a man we have not known before. It looks like an open-and-shut case-until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes to the facts. 'He doesn't stand a chance,' mutters the guard as the 12 jurors are taken into the bleak jury room. The jurors' final verdict and how they reach it - in tense scenes that will electrify your audience and keep them on the edge of their seats - add up to a fine, mature piece of dramatic literature, an experience you'll be proud to present.Ī 19-year-old boy has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry men. We should not make it a personal thing.'īut personal it does become, with each juror revealing his or her own character as the various testimonies are re-examined, the murder is re-enacted and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! 'This is the remarkable thing about democracy,' says the foreign-born juror, 'that we are notified by mail to come down to this place - and decide on the guilt or innocence of a man of a man we have not known before. It looks like an open-and-shut case - until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes to the facts.

IT HOLDS THE AUDIENCE IN A VICE LIKE GRIP.A 19-year-old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. But what appears to be an open and shut case soon becomes a huge dilemma, as prejudices and preconceived ideas about the accused, the trial, and each other turn the tables every which way, until the nail-biting climax…įollowing a recording-breaking West End season, this powerful production of TWELVE ANGRY MEN is back in session! Reginald Rose’s gripping courtroom thriller has been hailed as 'the classiest, most intelligent drama playing on the West End.” It brings the 1957 three-time Academy Award nominated film, considered one of the great ‘must-sees’ of all time, to the stage. One verdict.Ī jury has murder on their minds and a life in their hands as they decide the fate of a young delinquent accused of killing his father.

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