<b>A landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival—featuring an introduction by David Mamet<br /></b><br />A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, <i>Twelve Angry Men</i> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 adapt
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