12 Angry Men: Reginald Rose and the Making of an American Classic

Finalist, 2021 Wall Award (Formerly the Theatre Library Association Award)

The untold story behind one of America’s greatest dramas.

In early 1957, a low-budget black-and-white movie opened across the United States. Consisting of little more than a dozen men arguing in a dingy room, it was a failure at the box office and soon faded from view.
Today, 12 Angry Men is acclaimed as a movie classic, revered by the critics, beloved by the public, and widely performed as a stage play, touching audie...