The Penguin Classics debut that inspired a classic film and a current Broadway revival
Reginald Rose-’s landmark American drama was a critically acclaimed teleplay, and went on to become a cinematic masterpiece in 1957 starring Henry Fonda, for which Rose wrote the adaptation. A 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 belief in the U.S. legal system. The story-’s focal point, known only as Juror Eight, 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 biases. Rose deliberately and carefully peels away the layers of artifice from the men and allows a fuller picture of America, at its best and worst, to form.
雷金纳德•罗斯(Reginald Rose),1920年出生于美国曼哈顿,著名剧作家。在创作中善于用现实主义的手法表现有争议的社会和政治问题,是上世纪美国电视剧本创作“黄金年代”的代表性作家,多次获得艾美奖。于2002年病逝。
之前法律英语课上看过电影版的,假期买了书来看,用时不到一天看完的。陪审团审理的过程以两幕情景剧的形式呈现,对话直接,没有过多的修饰,何帆老师翻译得很好。剧本从开始就制定下了规则,“如果存在合理怀疑,你们必须做出'无罪'裁决”,此后在8号陪审员的推动下,陪审员们...
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