01502 a2200241 4500 126510 9780143104407 Escola Canadense de Niteroi ROS Rose, Reginald Twelve angry men 1. ed. 96 p. 6 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches 2006 Penguin Classics A 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. Young Adult Literature Mystery, Thriller or Terror Courthouse Drama (English) Fighting Crimes BK 0 0 0 0 12.10 12.10 2024-02-09 2 ROS A31107 2024-05-10 12:21:36 2024-04-26 2024-02-09 BK 0 0 0 0 12.10 12.10 2024-02-09 2 ROS A29372 2024-06-26 19:49:27 2024-04-26 2024-02-09 BK 126510 126510