The Penguin Classics debut that inspired a classic film and a current BroadwayrevivalReginald Roses landmark American drama was a critically acclaimed teleplaya... » 

The Penguin Classics debut that inspired a classic film and a current BroadwayrevivalReginald Roses landmark American drama was a critically acclaimed teleplayand went on to become a cinematic masterpiece in 1957 starring Henry Fonda forwhich Rose wrote the adaptation. A blistering character study and anexamination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps itin check Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic belief in theU.S. legal system. The storys focal point known only as Juror Eight is atfirst the sole holdout in an 111 guilty vote. Eight sets his sights not onproving the other jurors wrong but rather on getting them to look at thesituation in a cleareyed way not affected by their personal biases. Rosedeliberately and carefully peels away the layers of artifice from the men andallows a fuller picture of America at its best and worst to form. «