Twelve Angry Men (Penguin Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (655 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143104403 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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(July)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. This slight confusion certainly will not prevent people from enjoying this illuminating play about American justice. Sequestered in a closed room, twelve jurors must decide the fate of a young man who has been accused of first-degree murder and faces the death penalty. Theatre Works proves it knows how to package audio dramas with this new recording of Rose's classic play (which began as a 1954 episode of TV's Studio One and then was adapted to the screen in 1957 starring Henry Fonda). From Publishers Weekly L.A. The most trying aspect of this audiobook is matching jurors with actors since the jurors are simply given numbers and not names. But it can still be a bit frustrating since characters are never referred to by name or juror number. All rights reserved. The back cov
Mamet is also the author of Writing in Restaurants and On Directing Film, both available from Penguin. Reginald Rose (1920–2002) won three Emmy awards for television writing as well as an Oscar for the movie adaptation of Twelve Angry Men.David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross won the
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. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.. 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. legal system. More recently, Twelve Angry Men had a successful, and award-winning, run on Broadway.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throu
HH said Twelve for the stage. The jury, a small group of ordinary citizens entrusted with the task of deliberating together to reach a just decision, is an important symbol of American democracy. The jury in "Twelve Angry Men" is the embodiment of this ideal, the jury at its finest. "Twelve Angry Men" was the first play, and film, to focus on a jury deliberation, and the best. Many people have seen the film, and many more are familiar with the plot -- the story of how 11 jurors voted to convict a boy accused of killing his father with a switchblade, and how 1 man patiently and ration. Fun, Entertaining and a Great Audiobook. Not compatible with the written versions of the story for classroom use. Esther N. Unger A superb audio recording of 12 Angry Men. It was actually highly entertaining--awesome! However, the one issue I had with it, hence a four star rating and not a five star is that it is not compatible with ANY of the existing, current print versions of the story. I wanted it for classroom use and ended up returning it because my students would be too distracted by the audio that was completely off from the written version. But for anyone who is looking just to listen to a superb audiobook on the way home from work or something, this is the audiobook to bu. Twelve Angry Men makes for Countless Happy Viewers I LUV AMAZON (ISBN-10: 1580813402 and ISBN-13: 978-1580813402) Oh, that "Studio One" my generation watched on the telly. My mouth just waters at the thought of such excellence that regularly came into our living rooms as live broadcasts. "Twelve Angry Men" was originally written as a teleplay for the 'studio' by Reginald Rose, who is also in receipt of my kudos for writing the screenplay for the movie of the same name starring Henry Fonda, and this audio CD, which was directed by David Mamet. A real class act, this.We don't know which actor is which, except by a proc