Friday, July 14, 2006
Twelve Angry Men at the Everyman
Twelve Angry Men is probably best known as the Sidney Lumet film starring Henry Fonda - it was written for television originally but because of it's setting (twelve men in one room) it was perfect for the stage.
The production I am in currently is directed by Mrion Wyatt and has Alf McCarthy playing the role of Juror No.8 - the role Fonda played in the film. The full cast list is as follows:
- Judges Voice: Conor Tallon
- Guard: Martin Condon
- Juror #1: Paul Creighton
- Juror #2: Barry O'Reilly
- Juror #3: Hugh Moynihan
- Juror #4: Trevor Ryan
- Juror #5: Frank Prendergast
- Juror #6: Charlie Ruxton
- Juror #7: Conor Dwane
- Juror #8: Alf McCarthy
- Juror #9: Michael Twomey
- Juror #10: Michael Murphy
- Juror #11: David Coon
- Juror #12: Ian McGurk
The show opened last Monday and runs until the 22nd of July. Tickets are €25 and €18 concessions, but ALL tickets for Monday and Tuesday or only €15.
So there you go, audience reaction has been extremely good, reviews have also been good, however to avoid disappointing you I will tell you now I only have a handful of lines - but on the plus side I am on stage ALL THE TIME :D
Oh and my folks reckoned Alf McCarthy put in a far superior performance to Henry Fonda's - and despite usually being a huge Fonda fan I'm inclined to agree with them.
8 Comments:
Fair play and congrats Frank. You coming to Dublin? I have connections in The Abbey, no wait, I meant timed explosives.
Ha, sitting in a pub in Galway on Sunday, I picked up a newspaper(some tabloid muck) to flick through and there's you're ugly mug on the theatre review page. Good review too.
Yeah, Ireland On Sunday gave us a great review...
Yes, just to clarify the newspaper that I referred to as 'tabloid muck' was Ireland On Sunday.
I think it's a fantastic paper.
Frank is one of twelve angry men? I know that Frank has emotional problems (neuroses?) but come on, he's no angry man. He's emotional.
EMOTIONAL adj. 1 of the emotions: His constant fears shows that he is suffering from a serious emotional disorder 2 showing emotion : His reaction to the movie was so emotional that he began to cry 3 appealing to the emotions : He made an emotional plea for money to help crippled children 4 easly affected by emotions : Emotional people are likely to cry if they hear sad music or read sad stories.
ANGRY adj. 1 feeling or showing anger : He was very angry when he kicked the dog 2 expressing anger : His angry words hurt my feelings 3 Figurative. Inflamed and sore : An infected cut looks angry
So, Beloved Reader, I ask you, is Frank more likely to kick a dog and make you cry or is he himself more likely to be the one found gently weeping at a music venue or cinema near you. Emotional is certainly my preferred adjective in the context of Frank, but let every man, woman, child and beast decide for him/her/small him/ her/itself. Is that PC enough at the end there? One can only hope. Godspeed!
Angry young man is my preferred description of Frank.
Angry Young Man or angry young man 1 one of a group of British writers in the 1950's and 1960's characterized by works that bitterly attack the social and political establishment 2 any young intellectual rebel
Obviously the latter applies. Frank's an angry young man, not an Angry Young Man.
franks just a tit
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