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- Publisher: Dramatic publishing (1958)
- ASIN: B001OIZZ7A
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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A drama about prejudice.,
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This review is from: Thunder On Sycamore Street (Paperback)
Reginald Rose's best-known work is probably "Twelve Angry Men". The movie version with Henry Fonda is a classic. This play is not nearly as well known, but it deserves better than what it has gotten--which is NOTHING.
I suspect that Mr. Rose wanted to tackle the subject of prejudice, but a play involving racial tensions would have been too hot to handle in the mid-1950's. So instead we have Sycamore Street. It is a postwar housing development in which all the houses are the same. The residents consider it a nice neighborhood. Enter a newcomer named Joe Blake. The neighbors learn that he has served four years in prison, but they don't know why. Never mind the fact that he has been living quietly and honestly since he moved in. Ex-cons don't belong in a nice place like Sycamore Street. Thus Mr. Blake's "nice" neighbors band together into a mob to throw him out of his house. These "nice" people have hang-ups of their own. This newcomer is no better or worse. Mr. Blake simply is different. The whole premise of this play can be summed up as follows: BE DIFFERENT, AND BE DAMNED. The characterizations are as carefully delineated here as in "Twelve Angry Men". There is comedy relief, too. The ending and resolution are somewhat simplistic, but it still comes across as a satisfying story. I would willingly perform in it again. (My character was the mob's ringleader: Frank Morrison.) By the way, Joe Blake was involved in a car accident in which an old man died. His four years were for manslaughter. The mob is never told this.
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