Synopsis
A gripping study of a jury locked up in a New York court of law, in stifling summer heat, to consider their verdict of a young coloured man accused of murdering his father. This play is an account of white, mostly middle-class jurors that favour a vote of guilty in this open-and-shut case- that is all but one, who thinks a reasonable doubt exists. So begins a penetrating examination of how men struggle to deliver justice in a world where prejudice, racism and privilege hold such strong sway, often below the surface.