12 Angry Men
Thu, 19 Feb 2004, 11:15 amDon Allen7 posts in thread
12 Angry Men
Thu, 19 Feb 2004, 11:15 amsaw this on Tuesday night at the Maj and the hot weather and storm fitted in perfectly with the opening theme of the play.
Overall the quality of the acting is superb, but one or two short bits of dialogue were lost due to poor delivery.
If you have not seen the play before, try to go as it is a great storyline that could be about any country with a western style court system of Jury and justice. The actors provide a very powerful delivery.
The set was done in blacks which does not help with the visualisation of the courtroom layout. I felt that there was too much space and the room is meant to be confining as there are twelve individuals bottled up together and locked in. When done at The Garrick Theatre, they had the large wide windows upstage and a restroom upstage left with scrim walls to allow the focus to shift from the main jury room to lobbying in the restroom. The restroom in the Maj is stage left and the lines are marked out on the floor to try and define where the actors are. But every person using the washbasin washed their hands with a sink and taps at a different height. The lights going on and off as each person went in and out of the restrooms was distracting. Having a fade time would help as none of the jurors turns the lights on or off.
Overall the quality of the acting is superb, but one or two short bits of dialogue were lost due to poor delivery.
If you have not seen the play before, try to go as it is a great storyline that could be about any country with a western style court system of Jury and justice. The actors provide a very powerful delivery.
The set was done in blacks which does not help with the visualisation of the courtroom layout. I felt that there was too much space and the room is meant to be confining as there are twelve individuals bottled up together and locked in. When done at The Garrick Theatre, they had the large wide windows upstage and a restroom upstage left with scrim walls to allow the focus to shift from the main jury room to lobbying in the restroom. The restroom in the Maj is stage left and the lines are marked out on the floor to try and define where the actors are. But every person using the washbasin washed their hands with a sink and taps at a different height. The lights going on and off as each person went in and out of the restrooms was distracting. Having a fade time would help as none of the jurors turns the lights on or off.
Re: 12 Angry Men
Sun, 4 Apr 2004, 11:32 pmWalter Plinge
Go juror 9...I had to play him in my school production, where we altered the location to a generic location, by removing all americanisms. Our set was 3D although I did think their idea of the markings on the floor wasn't all that bad. However I do agree that some of the things were missed because of poor projection, etc. not only that but having read the script and performed it I noticed chunks of the play missing.
But none the less it was a good production and was well worth seeing.
But none the less it was a good production and was well worth seeing.
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