Twelve Angry Men A landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival featuring an introduction by David MametA blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and th
A landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival featuring an introduction by David MametA 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 firsA landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival featuring an introduction by David MametA 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.For than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English speaking world With than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and co
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Reginald Rose David Mamet
Reginald Rose December 10, 1920 April 19, 2002 was an American film and television writer most widely known for his work in the early years of television drama Rose s work is marked by its treatment of controversial social and political issues His realistic approach helped create the slice of life school of television drama, which was particularly influential in the anthology programs of the 1950s.Born in Manhattan, Rose attended Townsend High School and briefly attended City College now part of the City University of New York before serving in the U.S Army in 1942 46, where he became a first lieutenant.Rose was married twice, to Barbara Langbart in 1943, with whom he had four children, and to Ellen McLaughlin in 1963, with whom he had two children He died in 2002 from complications of heart failure.TelevisionHe sold his first teleplay, Bus to Nowhere, in 1950 to the live CBS dramatic anthology program Studio One, for which he wrote Twelve Angry Men four years later This latter drama, set entirely in a room where a jury is deliberating the fate of a teenage boy accused of murder, was inspired by Rose s service on just such a trial.The play was later made into a black and white movie.The Internet Movie Database quotes Rose s memories of this experience It was such an impressive, solemn setting in a great big wood paneled courtroom, with a silver haired judge, it knocked me out I was overwhelmed I was on a jury for a manslaughter case, and we got into this terrific, furious, eight hour argument in the jury room I was writing one hour dramas for Studio One then, and I thought, wow, what a setting for a drama 1 Rose received an Emmy for his teleplay and an Oscar nomination for its 1957 feature length film adaptation Rose wrote for all three of the major broadcast networks of the 1950 80 period He created and wrote for The Defenders in 1961, a weekly courtroom drama spun off from one of Rose s episodes of Studio One The Defenders would go on to win two Emmy awards for dramatic writing.Twilight ZoneHis teleplay The Incredible World of Horace Ford was the basis for an episode of The Twilight Zone in 1963 starring Pat Hingle, Nan Martin, and Ruth White The episode was broadcast on April 18, 1963, on CBS as Episode 15 of Season Four The theme was how the past is always glorified due to the repression and self censorship of the negative aspects We remember the good while we forget the bad The teleplay had originally appeared as a Studio One episode in 1955.FilmsRose was a screenwriter, beginning with Crime in the Streets 1956 , an adaptation of his 1955 teleplay for The Elgin Hour He made four movies with the British producer Euan Lloyd The Wild Geese, The Sea Wolves, Who Dares Wins and Wild Geese II.PlaysThe Porcelain Year 1950 Twelve Angry Men 1954 Black Monday 1962 Dear Friends 1968 This Agony, This Triumph 1972