Wickham 10th Grade English Twelve Angry Men

I. Twelve Angry Men

Playwright:

Information about the of this play and about the play:

a preformed on stage.

1. Who is Reginald Rose?

2. What is a play?

3. What is a trial?

II. Inspiration for the play

A. The play was inspired by Rose’s own experience of

on manslaughter in New York City.

B. Reluctant to be on the jury until “the moment I walked into the

courtroom…and found myself facing a strange man whose fate was suddenly

, my entire attitude changed.”

III. Inspirations

A. Rose wrote about the gravity of the situation.

B. Decided that “a play taking place entirely within the jury room might

be an & possibly

for an audience.”

C. Eleven jurors believe a defendant in a capital murder trial is guilty,

while stands up courageously for what he

believes is justice.

IV. Themes in the play…

A. The Triumph and Fragility of Justice

B. Overcoming Class and Race Prejudice

C.

Wickham 10th Grade English Twelve Angry Men

V. From the stage to the screen

A. Twelve Angry Men was published in an expanded form as a stage play in

and made into a successful film in ,

starring Henry Fonda and coproduced by Fonda and Rose.

B. The film garnered Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best

Director, and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another

Medium, and an for Best Motion

Picture Screen-play from Mystery Writers of America.

VI. What is a Play?

A. Any type of reading that is .

B. This includes:

1. Dramas-Ex.

2. Comedies-Ex.

3. Musicals-Ex.

4. Tragedies-Ex.

VII. What is a Drama?

A. One of the

B. Intended to be performed on stage in front of an audience

C. It between

characters

VIII. Stage Directions

A. Instructions for the director, actors, and stage crew

B. Set apart in the script

C. Describe the scenery ( items on stage that create setting) and what the

props are (objects the actors use)

Wickham 10th Grade English Twelve Angry Men

IX. Dialogue

A. Conversation between characters

B. One of the most important things about a drama/play is that is

.

C. During the play, the

.

D. We know who the is because the name of the speakers is

bolded in front of what the speaker says.

X. What’s a Trial?

A. We caught a brief glimpse of this in To Kill a Mockingbird.

B. There are several parts to a trial:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

XI. The Jury

A. Consists of

B. They are interviewed and personally selected for the case

and responses to questions.

C. They decide the verdict for the defendant.

D. They must come to an for the verdict.

Meaning: all 12 persons need to agree on a guilty or not guilty verdict

Wickham 10th Grade English Twelve Angry Men

XII. Reasonable Doubt

A. “beyond a reasonable doubt” is the term the court uses.

B. Simply put, this means that there is no doubt, in a reasonable person’s

mind, that the defendant is guilty.

C. Most importantly used in murder cases hen the defendant’s life is on

the line.

D. Meaning that the evidence presented is .

XIII. Circumstantial Evidence

A. Evidence

B. Basically, it’s of evidence.

C. It is largely based on inferences and indirectly proves a fact.

Example: I buy a blouse. You steal the same blouse from a friend of

ours. Because I wear the blouse in public the next day, circumstantial

evidence says I stole it.

XIV. References

A. El Train

B. 1957, New York

C. Dempsey-Firpo Fight (42)

D. Khrushchev (50)

E. J. Walter Thompson (68)

F. Clarence Darrow (70)