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Twelve Angry Men (Penguin Classics)
by Reginald Rose
from Penguin Classics

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• 12 angry men
  I bought this for my niece but did not realize it was a play not a book. She did not like it and has not read it

• Great!
  I teach this play in high school, and students just love it. If you use the book with the movie, they can study the texts and learn a lot about what is the truth and the value of fighting for it and overcoming our laziness. It also explains well the jury system and racism in the 1950s. Overall you teach them a lot about character and a lot about America. The movie is also excellent.

• Reasonable Doubt on Trial
  On April 24, 2008, I was fortunate enough to see a mesmerizing production of "Twelve Angry Men," the professional Equity touring company of the Roundabout Theatre's 2004 rendering of the play. The road company starred Richard Thomas as Juror Number 8, but this play is an ensemble acting piece, not a single star vehicle.
  In the play the all-white jurors have no names:
  #1 is the foreman, a high school football coach
  #2-a fairly neutral guy whose kid has the mumps
  #3-sadistic, has... more info

• Best courtroom drama ever written!
  Long before any John Grisham novel, there was Twelve Angry Men. I had to read this play in grade school, and it is the reason why I am hooked on both mysteries and plays to this day. As you read, you imagine yourself sitting in that jury room and how you would be thinking and reacting in the same situation. The movie, too, is just as superb!

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