Review 2.
12 savage Men
Play by Reginald Rose
Performed at the Scott Theatre, 7th March 2004
A Masterson/ company Theatre Production
Directed by Guy Masterson
Director Guy Mastersons adaptation of Reginald Roses Pulitzer Prize-winning rent over, 12 Angry Men, is a surprisingly engaging and high-quality production considering the casts soreness; the issues it raises remain topical fifty years after it was written. The play explores the enduring themes of prejudice, stereotypes, peoples convictions and preconceptions. It forces the audience to question their own views, their moral rest and how they would act in a similar situation.
Set on the hottest solar day of the year in New York in 1957, 12 Angry Men is an edgy drama concerning twelve jurors seeking a unanimous verdict over a 16-year-old boy on trial for murdering his father. To most it appears to be an open and shut case, cypher had to think twice about it. Eleven jurors immediately balloting to send the youth to the electric chair, insisting it is a piddle case of murder, but juror 8 (Owen ONeill) is not for certain and simply wants to talk over the facts of the case and his uncertainties concerning the evidence. He questions the opposite jurors decision, arguing that a human life should be outlay some consideration; we cant decide on somebodys life in five minutes!
Discussions of the evidence reveal inconsistencies, inaccuracies and personal interpretations of the accused, the witnesses and the jurors prejudices. Juror 3 (Stephen Frost) has an estranged, violent relationship with his only son, and transposes his vicious peevishness to the accused youth. Juror 10 (Phil Nichol) condemns the accused because of his own paranoia; he is terrified the scum of the slums might one day take control. Each of the jurors is in turn offended or taken aback by the anger...
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