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1954 play by Reginald Rose

For other productions, see Twelve Angry Men.

Written by	Reginald Rose
Place premiered	The juror's room
Original language	English
Subject	A courthouse drama: a boy's life at stake in the hands of the jury
Genre	Drama
Setting	1954, late summer in a court jury room, New York City, New York

Twelve Angry Men is a play by Reginald Rose adapted from his 1954 teleplay of the same title for the CBSStudio One anthology television series.

Staged first in San Francisco in 1955, the Broadway debut came 50 years after CBS aired the play, on October 28, 2004, by the Roundabout Theatre Company at the American Airlines Theatre, where it ran for 328 performances.

Characters and story

The drama depicts a jury deliberating a verdict in a murder trial, in which the case at hand pertains to whether a young man murdered his own father. The story begins after closing arguments have been presented in the case,