Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose

A 19-year-old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. "He doesn't stand a chance," mutters the guard as the 12 jurors are taken into the bleak jury room. It looks like an open-and-shut case—until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes to the facts.

Characters:

• FOREMAN - A small, petty man, who is impressed with the authority he has
• JUROR NO. TWO - A meek, hesitant man who finds it difficult to maintain any opinions of his own
• JUROR NO. THREE - A very strong, forceful, extremely opinionated man within whom can be detected a streak of sadism
• JUROR NO. FOUR - Seems to be a man of wealth and position
• JUROR NO. FIVE - A naive, very frightened young man, who takes his obligations in this case very seriously but who finds it difficult to speak up
• JUROR NO. SIX - An honest but dull-witted man
• JUROR NO. SEVEN - A loud, flashy, glad-handed salesman type who has more important things to do
• JUROR NO. EIGHT - A quiet, thoughtful, gentle man, who sees all sides of every question
• JUROR NO. NINE - A mile, gentle old man, long since defeated by life
• JUROR NO. TEN - An angry, bitter man, who antagonizes almost at sight
• JUROR NO. ELEVEN - A refugee from Europe, who speaks with an accent
• JUROR NO. TWELVE - A sick, bright advertising man, who thinks of human beings in terms of percentages, graphs, and polls
• GUARD - A bit part, can be any age, offstage voice
• JUDGE - A bit part, offstage voice
• CLERK - A bit part, offstage voice

You can find a copy of the script here: https://fischersoph.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/12-angry-men-script.pdf

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