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Original Message------

I am thinking of doing "Twelve Angry Jurors" for the spring play.  I think it's timely and it will round out our season nicely.  I have looked for the script and royalty information and can not find it.  Dramatic Publishing has "12 Angry Men" and "12 Angry Women" but not "12 Angry Jurors."

Has anyone done this play?  If so, who holds the rights?

THANKS!  

Original Message------

The original title is "Twelve Angry Men". When it is performed with a mixed gender cast it is called "Twelve Angry Jurors". The scripts however are either ...Men or ...Women. When we produced it we simply purchased some of each and assigned the gender appropriate line.

 

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Yes, the publisher has notes in either script on the protocol for mixed-gender casting on this show. It is relatively simple, but there are some moments that are gender specific. Also, the pages do not match up in the two versions which is not a big deal, but can confuse rehearsals before you're off book.

If you need help with the knife portion, let me know since building them to stick properly can get tricky.

Yours in Art,

Jason

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Jason Robert LeClair, MA
Artist/Arts Educator
Director, Thespian Troupe 7444
Beacon Charter High School for the Arts
Woonsocket, RI
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-03-2017 22:03
From: Cecille Deason
Subject: 12 Angry Jurors

I am thinking of doing "Twelve Angry Jurors" for the spring play.  I think it's timely and it will round out our season nicely.  I have looked for the script and royalty information and can not find it.  Dramatic Publishing has "12 Angry Men" and "12 Angry Women" but not "12 Angry Jurors."

Has anyone done this play?  If so, who holds the rights?

THANKS!  

Original Message------

I am thinking of doing "Twelve Angry Jurors" for the spring play.  I think it's timely and it will round out our season nicely.  I have looked for the script and royalty information and can not find it.  Dramatic Publishing has "12 Angry Men" and "12 Angry Women" but not "12 Angry Jurors."

Has anyone done this play?  If so, who holds the rights?

THANKS!  

Hello,

From what I have read in researching Twelve Angry Jurors (I have not directed it), I do not think, but I could be mistaken, that there is a separate script.  The recommendation is to combine the scripts for Twelve Angry Men and Twelve Angry Women.  You would choose the lines that work best for the casting you have chosen.  Hope this helps.

Ken Robinson

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Kenneth Robinson
Drama Club Sponsor
Wapahani High School
Selma IN
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-03-2017 22:03
From: Cecille Deason
Subject: 12 Angry Jurors

I am thinking of doing "Twelve Angry Jurors" for the spring play.  I think it's timely and it will round out our season nicely.  I have looked for the script and royalty information and can not find it.  Dramatic Publishing has "12 Angry Men" and "12 Angry Women" but not "12 Angry Jurors."

Has anyone done this play?  If so, who holds the rights?

THANKS!  

Hi, folks.  I'm reviving a conversation from last year because I am a board member of a company doing Twelve Angry Jurors in October. 

Samuel French appears to have performance rights to the original teleplay, published by Penguin/Random House.

Dramatic Publishing has scripts adapted by Christopher Sergel.

Which was the publishing company that gave you permission to change the gender of jurors?

CJ


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C. J. Breland
Asheville High School
Asheville NC
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-04-2017 20:43
From: Kenneth Robinson
Subject: 12 Angry Jurors

Hello,

From what I have read in researching Twelve Angry Jurors (I have not directed it), I do not think, but I could be mistaken, that there is a separate script.  The recommendation is to combine the scripts for Twelve Angry Men and Twelve Angry Women.  You would choose the lines that work best for the casting you have chosen.  Hope this helps.

Ken Robinson

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Kenneth Robinson
Drama Club Sponsor
Wapahani High School
Selma IN

Original Message:
Sent: 03-03-2017 22:03
From: Cecille Deason
Subject: 12 Angry Jurors

I am thinking of doing "Twelve Angry Jurors" for the spring play.  I think it's timely and it will round out our season nicely.  I have looked for the script and royalty information and can not find it.  Dramatic Publishing has "12 Angry Men" and "12 Angry Women" but not "12 Angry Jurors."

Has anyone done this play?  If so, who holds the rights?

THANKS!  

Thanks for checking! Dramatic Publishing controls amateur licensing for this title.

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Rosemary Bucher
Licensing Representative, Educational Theatre
Samuel French
New York NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-14-2018 12:39
From: C. J. Breland
Subject: 12 Angry Jurors

Hi, folks.  I'm reviving a conversation from last year because I am a board member of a company doing Twelve Angry Jurors in October.

Samuel French appears to have performance rights to the original teleplay, published by Penguin/Random House.

Dramatic Publishing has scripts adapted by Christopher Sergel.

Which was the publishing company that gave you permission to change the gender of jurors?

CJ


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C. J. Breland
Asheville High School
Asheville NC

Original Message:
Sent: 03-04-2017 20:43
From: Kenneth Robinson
Subject: 12 Angry Jurors

Hello,

From what I have read in researching Twelve Angry Jurors (I have not directed it), I do not think, but I could be mistaken, that there is a separate script.  The recommendation is to combine the scripts for Twelve Angry Men and Twelve Angry Women.  You would choose the lines that work best for the casting you have chosen.  Hope this helps.

Ken Robinson

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Kenneth Robinson
Drama Club Sponsor
Wapahani High School
Selma IN

Original Message:
Sent: 03-03-2017 22:03
From: Cecille Deason
Subject: 12 Angry Jurors

I am thinking of doing "Twelve Angry Jurors" for the spring play.  I think it's timely and it will round out our season nicely.  I have looked for the script and royalty information and can not find it.  Dramatic Publishing has "12 Angry Men" and "12 Angry Women" but not "12 Angry Jurors."

Has anyone done this play?  If so, who holds the rights?

THANKS!