A Few come to mind: 12 Angry Men Inherit the Wind The Merchant of Venice Judgment at Nuremberg Witness for the Prosecution The Caine Mutiny Anatomy of a Murder A Few Good Men Equus
Others? Any comedies?
Edit: Murder by the Book Dial M for Murder The Lieutenant of Inishmoor A Slight Case of Murder Updated On: 7/24/14 at 10:48 AM
I am more interested in straight plays but if you can add to the musicals: Adrift in Macao Assassins Baker Street Bonnie & Clyde Bullets Over Broadway Catch Me If You Can Chicago City Of Angels Clue Destry Rides Again Do Re Mi Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Fierello A Gentlemen's Guide to Love & Murder The Fix Little Shop of Horrors Lucky Stiff Meet John Doe Murder Ballad The Mystery of Edwin Drood 9 to 5 Oliver! Parade Pippin The Robber Bridegroom Pirates of Penzance Reefer Madness The Scarlet Pimpernel Sister Act Summer Stock Murder Sunset Blvd The Toxic Avenger West Side Story The Wild Party (Lippa) The Wild Party (LaChiusa) Whistle Down The Wind
The Real Inspector Hound An Inspector Calls Crimes of the Heart
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
A little google search found this neat link, the American Bar Association's list of the 12 Greatest Legal Plays: http://www.abajournal.com/gallery/12_greatest_legal_pl Of them, only OEDIPUS THE KING and THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH haven't been mentioned here, but still a neat and authoritative ranking.
And off the top of my head, some more plays, mostly that deal with crime, though some also courts: ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST (farce!) AMERICAN BUFFALO BLACKBIRD (though it's a question of statute of limitations here, it's certainly the after-effects) ELMINA'S KITCHEN FUENTEOVEJUNA (thank you, Theatre Lit classes in college) LOOT (farce!) MAURITIUS (though not necessarily a crime-and-punishment story, more a would-I-if-it-comes-to-it?) MURMURING JUDGES SAINT JOAN THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN THE VIRTUOUS BURGLAR (farce! Man, Dario Fo is fun.) THE VISIT
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.