Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose [TRADE PAPERBACK] 2006 • Penguin Classics

Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose

TRADE PAPERBACK [2006] PENGUIN CLASSICS BLACK LABEL

Book is in very good condition.   

Clean, tight and unread copy with shelf wear and one scratch on rear cover.  Pages show subtle tanning and some vertical lines at front of book [from aged acid in the paper]

A landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival—featuring an introduction by David Mamet

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.