It has been announced that Tom Conti is joining the West End production of Twelve Angry Men.
The Olivier, Tony and Variety Award winner joins the production from Monday 31st March as juror number 8, the role made famous by Henry Fonda. The show has once again extended its run to 14th June 2014.
Tom Conti joins Robert Vaughn and Jeff Fahey in the production directed by Christopher Haydon. Twelve Angry Men originated as a television play and has been successfully adapted for film, radio and stage. The 1957 Academy Award nominated film version starred and was produced by Henry Fonda.
Tom Conti is one of the most respected and celebrated actors of his generation. Unforgettable as the leading man in hit films such as Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence and Shirley Valentine he has also appeared as a myriad of different characters on both the big and small screens as well as on stage. Recent movies include The Dark Knight Rises and Street Dance. Awards include an Olivier Award and a Tony Award for his stage performance in Whose Life is it Anyway? and a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role in Reuben Reuben. He and Dame Judi Dench were recently jointly voted the Most Popular Actors in the West End in the last 25 years.
Twelve jurors have murder on their minds and a life in their hands as they decide the fate of a young delinquent accused of killing his father. But what appears to be an open and shut case soon becomes a dilemma for the twelve, as their prejudices and preconceived ideas about the accused, the trial and each other turn the tables every which way, until the nail-biting climax...
I too liked the play personally. It was an awesome experience. Thanks to Click it 4 tickets to let me get the tickets.
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