01431    a2200205   4500001000700000020001800007040003200025100001900057245002100076250001100097300003200108362000900140490002100149520094100170650002701111650003201138650001501170650002001185650002001205126510  a9780143104407  cEscola Canadense de Niteroi  aRose, Reginald10aTwelve angry men  a1. ed.  a96 p.c6 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches0 a20060 aPenguin Classics  aA blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic faith in the U.S. legal system. The play centers on Juror Eight, who is at first the sole holdout in an 11-1 guilty vote. Eight sets his sights not on proving the other jurors wrong but rather on getting them to look at the situation in a clear-eyed way not affected by their personal prejudices or biases. Reginald Rose deliberately and carefully peels away the layers of artifice from the men and allows a fuller picture to form of them—and of America, at its best and worst.
After the critically acclaimed teleplay aired in 1954, this landmark American drama went on to become a cinematic masterpiece in 1957 starring Henry Fonda, for which Rose wrote the adaptation. More recently, Twelve Angry Men had a successful, and award-winning, run on Broadway. 4aYoung Adult Literature 4aMystery, Thriller or Terror 4aCourthouse 4aDrama (English) 4aFighting Crimes