3 i F i FRANCHOT TONE APlay in Three Acts Twelve Angry Men by REGINALD ROSE Stage Version by SHERMAN L. SERG! ‘Adapted from the Television Show of the Same Name Initially presented on ‘STUDIO ONE, CBS-TV < ‘THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO#286035, Notice Twelve Angry Men A Playin Tiree Att (HE attention ofall parchasers i directed to the follow- ing: This work is flly protected under the copyright {is Violations of the Copyright Law ace punishable by fine or imprionment, or both ‘The toyaly fee for One psformance of this play by ama (CHARACTERS teurs is thirty-five dollars ($35.00). Arrangements must be = made in advance of the performance. 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He is easly swayed and urully adopts the opinion of the last person &® ‘whom he has spoken, ‘JUROR NO, THREE: He isa very strong, very forceful, ex- tremely opinionated man within whom can be detected & streak of stdiam, Also, he is humorless man who is intolerant of opinions other than his own, and accustomed to forcing his ‘wishes and views upon others. ‘JUROR NO, FOUR: He seems to be a man of wealth and pottion, and a practiced speaker who presents himself well at All times, He seems to feel a litle bit above the rest of the jurors. His oaly concern is with the facts i this case and he {8 appalled withthe behavior of the others. [JUROR No, Five: He isa maive, very frightened young man ‘who takes his obligations in this case very seriously but who finds ie dificult to speak up when his elders have the for. ‘JUROR NO. st: He is an honest but dullovitted man who ‘coins upon his decisions slowly and carefull. He is a man ‘who finds it dificult to create postive opinions, but who mast Tinten to and digest and accept those opinions offered by others ‘which appeal to him mest. {JUROR NO, SEVEN: He is a loud, ashy, glad-handed sales- sn type who har more important things fo do thant ct on 2 jury. He is quick to show temper and equally quick to form ‘opinions on things about which he knows nothing. He is a bully, and, of couse «coward JUROR NO, HHT: Hei qui, dough, gentle man — 4. wh eal ide feet ston sd os es tr, He i an of sagt tempered with compesion ‘Above lhe su mun who wants ante tbe doa, fight tose tat is JOAOR NO. NIE: He ia mil, gentle old man, loog since defeat by life and sow eel wating to de. He rosso himself for what he and cs the days when ould fave ben prnbl to Be couagenes wien hcg anal bind his muy ous, ‘JUROR NO. a: He isan angry, biter man—a min who asingniza almost at sight He aso «bigot who plc 90 ‘alu on aay Bunan Ife save ht own. Here fs tn who Ins been nowhere and is gong nowhere sod knows it decp within im, ‘JUROR NO. BLEVEN: He is refugee from Europe, He spe wa oat nd hand, bl sn hw wet tothe people ound hi. He wll hoes seck justice Same be sted tough vo mach nace wjuton No. Twruve: He ssc, bright averting man ‘wi thik of aman beng in tema of pce, raphe td polly, tod hat no ral taderoding Of pope, He ma ‘petal snob, tying tobe s good flow. Goo: Tht a pH a ey ag and wate 2 ‘ORTOMRE: The jurors wen everyday business lots st bie for suet. JUNo8 NO. PE wasn expiry ore suk Juton no, aves clothes tc faty.Jokon No, TWH ‘ress bt in good tteCHART OF STAGE POSITIONS STAGE POSITIONS Upnege mess say fren the fg, downs mens toward he fight and ight and et eed ehh er toast the aot nas Ea the maaan tes go teins fv meno tp, Deans down, ea toned thse slreitons ni aed in combination, ay vb foe oP right, nc fr night center,» Lc for down left coir ee Oe wl ate hat» pion designated on the age wes to 2 geet ety, rier than oven point NOTE: Before starting scheasals, chalk off your stage of sebearsal space as indicated above in the Chart of Stage Poti sions. Then teach your actors the meanings and postions of these fundamental terms of stage movement by having thee ‘walk from one postion to another until they are familiar with them, The use ofthese abbreviated terms in directing the play saves time, speeds up rehearals, and reduces the amount of explanation the director has to give to his actors. STAGE CHART Aaaaaad af mae ne PROPERTIES Ccnvrnat: Long conference table and twelve chs cectic clock, water cole, container for paper cup wastebasket, thre lhe stnigh cats, pas of paper, pene and assays fn tle Novas Some of the jor ‘cy cigneties and ‘Each juno so ive eases «Pipe aches nd pouch of Shc, ooking opm SEVEN: Pack Guano: ey for door, switch knife with tg, diagram of apartment THN: Handkerchief. Pou: Con handkerchief, gases ‘eer: Switch knife (enti to one brought ia by Guard). Teo! Bor of cough drops witch, glassy, handkerchief, PRODUCTION NOTE [Nothing adds more to the polish of a prodoction than the aguick picking up of cus. Unless there isa definite reason for 2 pause, tain your actors to come ia with their speeches “on the els,” so to speak, of the preceding speeches, When a production lags, audience interest likewise will lag. It is always advisable during the lst week of reheatsls to hold one or mote sessions during which the actors merely sit around in a circle fa go through lines only with the expres purpose of snapping up cues, 7ACT ONE A RISE OF CURTAIN: The crn comes upon dar tages thm se Ds sod tobe po aoe Tsetse ot ean eet sun (ofe) Mater te Ba deg... pemel ted Sam ae este ree Chia! cu, eu tare hed ong a fetes tn ono oy oe fue ac fe ny Onan hae A froin atle Wee sae ee ina gi af coed mot py fevhower he is ame ee thn he fn be fond uly, Wider eae sea there mat be nino tune rises oy snd oop. You we fal Svs sa Sih That gee {hee lng pase. Th igs now up fl nthe ry room That doervendsuhdoc mda eh room: Ontario 0s se athe Sele eg eer ole taps ered oth alta. Aenea Iii apg of ng do a hae thiol sigh cake Th ae cue eon, Ofte tll oti page aad eee ge eof te tte ae na howe ‘har abon ibe ite il ene mon of Pernt ae dred toed tet aig nein ‘ct placed wiht bas tad ee ee, sree mrtg shat oa ee) one Be tr of aT eg and oe ‘hen te pa Bde on tt yn Pit Nard ast face >pelo Twelve Angey Men al on the onside of tbe door, The GussD silks aos the room cod opin tiv wndow base lak done ot, of ae cnx fof oe). The jn wil ai. ton (eng avr being Bi eal) edo and ance [Mower rein) [be yonns flee, The cnn sads epg of the dot ind cms tem, Po rf of be or Ugh ies iy rer, onc Td gi ie ch be Stes ota, Joke Peo, Nt nd Pen go 0 tier coer o's Jokon san gro 1b de tnd spn 1 her Ti ve of the Jono beg fo tie snr round the ib hog tome of them and end ites ford, ib bi hand'on Ibe bak of th ea SJonon seven prdars «pach of pom nd afer «ceo ibemen bythe cer cole} s2ven, Chewing gum? Gam? Gun? NINE, Thank you, but 90. [JURORS TWO and TWELVE shake ‘heir beads} “srveN, Yknow something? ‘wELve. I know los of things. T'm in advertising, suven [tugging at collar}. Ylenow, i's hot WELVE [10 TWO, mildly varcstc), Teves woald have koown, that if he hada’ told me. Would you? srwo [missing sarcasm}. T suppose not. T' kind of forgotten, ‘TWELVE, All I've done all day is sweat. sunee [calling on]. I bet you acen't sweating lke that kid who was tried, sevEn, You'd think they'd at leat air-condition the place. T almost dropped dead in court. ‘wave, My txes are high enough. Seven. This should go Got, anyway. [Moves so tbe, ws einer ‘goes to window.) win [nodding to himself, then, a be throws bis paper water Hp ino watebasher, Yes, i's hot. Act Twelve Angry Men Page it cn lo reer ean shceiergee teeter oes i Race o af table}. They ip fc vi no ne alk pe wa eae ro et aay te mr eer heca eh oe a li EET an, ot te 3s oa wg i ti cote ate TDS A py ela lena. Sa wiih Te es gn Vivkocinn cami Syria ceed haan ace SEE Giant oe har be eat ae a ra wa ce ae aye md SSS biel i! rey nome c rg geet pe hs rg taro te ne wniarers TERI a md oe tr en sg a nePege 12 Twelve Angry Mea Act OUR, How does he do? FOREMAN (sSeking bis bead}. Not too well. Y'know, «friend ‘of his, that's a friend of my uncle, the tailor—well—thi jend wanted to be on this juey in my place. suveN, Why dida't you let him? T would have done anything to mis this FOREMAN. And get caught, or something? Y'know what kind ‘of a fine you could pay for anything like that? Anyway, this frend of my uncle's was on 2 jury once, about ten years ago—a case just about like this one. ‘TWELVE, So what happened? FOREMAN. They let him off. Reasonable doubt. And do know, about ight yeas later they found out that hed factually done it, anyway. A guilty man—a morderer—was turned loose inthe streets, ‘runeE, Did thy get him? our. They coulda’. ‘runes. Why aot? OUR. A man can't be held in double jeopardy. Unless i's a ‘nung jury, they cant ty a man twice forthe same crime, sevEN, That isn? going to happen here ‘THREE, Six days. They should have Binished it in two. [Slap- ping back of one band into palm of otber:} Talk! Talk! ‘Talk! [Gets np and starts for water cooler} Did you ever hear so much talk about nothing? THO [lnghing nesuly}. Welt guce—theyse en ‘umes. Everpbody gets a fuie trial... (Shater bie bead.] ‘That's the sytem. [Downe bit drink] Wel, 1 sappose you can't say anything against it. (Toiser bis water cap toward swastebaskes and misses, Two picks cup mp and pus it x wastebasket ap THRE returns 1 Bis sat) SEVEN [fo TEN]. How did you like that business about the knife? Did you ever hea a phonier story? TEN [wisely]. Well, look, youve gotta expect that. You know what youre dealing with, . SEVEN, He bought a switch knife that night. Act Twelve Angry Men Page 13 “aN [with aster) And then he lost it SEVEN. A hole in is pocket. TEN. A hole in is father. Two. Aa awful way till your father—2 knife in his chet [croies 0 tble} THN, Took atthe kind of people they are—you know them. [Get handkerchief ont again} SEVEN. What's the matter? You gota cold? TEN (Blowing). Aula! These hot weather colds cen kill you. SEVEN. Thad one las exe, while T ws on vacation, 0. ronswan (brsy], All ight, gentlemen, Lets ake Sas, SEVEN, Right. This beter be fst. Te got tickets to [Unsrt tame of any carrent Broadusey i-}—for tonight. 1 mast be the only guy in the word who han’ scent yet. (Laughs snd sis down, as do otbrs sill nos seated.) Okay, yout honor, tt the show. ; oust [1 Hct, wo i ill ooking out window), How bout siting dowa? [sir doer hear him.) The goat dman atthe window. (Hour tm, stale} How about sit. ting down? soir. Oh, Tom sory. [Sit at right end of table, opposite Foresate] ‘TEN. Is tough to Figur, inti? A kid kis hie father, Bing! Just like that, Wel the element. They lt the kids ran ‘wild, Maybe i serves ‘em ight oun. There ae biter proofs thin some emotion you may have—peshaps adie Tor some group. SsevEN Well agreed that it ws ot DINE. And thi or tempers will et shor. ‘ute, That's if we dsgeee—But this s open and shut, Let’ istit done rroRMAN. Allright. Now—you gentlemen can handle thie any way you want to. T mein, Im not going to make aay fs If we want to scsi stand the vote, thas one way. Or we can tte right now and ace how we snd SEVEN. Let's vote 08, Who knows, maybe we call go ‘omePage 14 Twelve Angry Mea Act 1 [TEN, Yeah, Let's se who's where THREE, Right. Les vote 0. HT. Allright. Let us vote. onsiian. Anybody doesn't want to vote? [Looks around ‘able, There is 4 pause ar ALL look at each obber.} SEVEN, That was easy FOREMAN. Olay. All those voting guilty raise your hands, [yunons rum, seven, TEN and TWELVE put their hands 1p instantly, The rorsMaN and TWO, Foun, FIVE and sok follow a second later, Then ELEVEN raies bis bend and a ‘moment later Nine puts bis hand xp.] Eight —aine—ten— leven—that's eleven for guilty. Okay. Not guilty? [aici’s Sand goes np. Att tn 191008 at bi} runs. Hey, you're in leftfield? FOREMAN, Olay. Fleven to one, Bleven guilty, one not gu ‘Now weknow whee ve stad. fi THREE [ring, fo HAR]. Do you relly belive he's not nicitr [guietly} 1 dost kaow, SEVEN [Jo FOREMAN]. After six days, he does't know. ‘TWELVE. In six days I could learn calculus, This is A, B, C. ‘roir. I doa't believe that it is simple as A, B, C. ‘THREE. [never saw a guiltier man in any life. [Sit agein.] ‘lotr. What does 2 guilty man look like? He is not guilty until we say he i gully. Are we to vote on his face? ‘rues. You sit right in court and heard the same things I did, ‘The man's a dangerous killer. You could see it nicer. Where do you look to sce if « man isa killer? THREE [iitated by bis}. Ob, well sear [with get nsec}. 1 woul ite to koow. Tell me what the facial characteristie of a killer are, know something I don’t kaow. aie our. Look! What is there about the case that makes you think the boy i innocent? ici, He's nineteen years od, ‘THREE. That's old enough. He knifed his own father, Four sal Twelve Angry Mea Page 13 Indes ito the chet, An innocent file nicteen year kid ou (to rms 1 gre with you tat the bay i gut ut Tee we sald ty to avord emotionally eooced argo een Al sgh They proved t+ down diferent ways, Do ox want net it hen? ni, No. Tin [raeg, puting bir fot om seat of chair and siting om ad of fen to mee), Well, do you belive tat spi sory he tle? oon fr 5), Now, om, Jan bo you ble te bits sory? : To ont know whee lee itor ant. Maybe I don't Some owt donot ot ne See, There wer leven vous for gully’ ots sy for Tar is my hand and end boy of die wit alk Ing abot sev Who sage ny foe me? oun, Orme? fret, Noone . FORA, He's sil joss gly, whether i's an exy vote rad vote sevin [belligerent 1s there somthing wrong becae 1 ed fst sce, Not secs . Evin Thoth guys gly. You colt cunge my ind if you tall for s handed yeas nc, T dont wat to change your id {unr Jat what ate you thinking of? Fe ey alt fort wi, Lotti been kidd SMoond all hs fe, You koow-—Lving in sum—his Saher dead snc he was ine, That’ oot very good head ire Hes tough, angey id You kaow why sham kids gt thn way? Bonus we yak em ovr the head once dy, tery day, I thik ibe we owe him «few words. Thats aPage 16 Twelve Angry Men At Ail [Loos road table He i met by cold loos, we tos dow while rote gino tonk br ae OUR. All ight its hard, ste—it wa had foe de, Every tg Toe gt apt fr woe yay gh = Tat wa Tog tine ag, ad 2 forget ough yx but never, POMP do Foss. aes I koow wht is eT ace killed ood Twtuve. Tve ben biked noid, 60, Wet eal youve otk in an ad agency andthe big boy tt bas on ‘etising wala Wes know nurven (tbo speaks with en acen], In my cout, ia ops, Iiking was ssc, but key el oe thing beter tan at "ev (le Mc]. dont mind teling you thi, mister. We don't owe the kid a thing. He got a aie twiel,dilat hee You know wha tht ral cot He's ty he port tank were all gronmaps hee. You're oot going ie as nes were supposed to belive him, knowing thee he i Ie NINE [tote 7 sow) dont know that, What te be hing fora man to bee! Since en's Unione pop charac? You hee no monopoly onthe ea Time ineraping}. Allright. Its at Soda, We et ned, ONE [ot bering). What this man sy is very dangerous [ic par bis and N's wm au ps He fines «deep bath nd ree} OUR, don't sec any need frau Ike thi think we ugh to beable to beave ite glogen sean, phe! HELE [ming up at Yoon). Ob all ght, i ou ini Pou iorwetie} Tsk on rent Sure oun If were ging to dic this case, why, les dss ‘the facts, hed ne Aer Twelve Angry Men Page 17 a - tin = ee suv If yon geen don ind Tm ong t se he Window. [Col sp and doe so, ben ofeloeealy cs he hh hr Fr ep ges svt 9 dt ming ihe whe he window pe. uvan arte og one Seen Dot you wat» fle? Is sane bt Hav T ms vay unonforabl Sane Tha ef fin ths roms 5 he ony win “bowen don satu Thavesone sn Siw Soothe eae Foun (i navn Colt you eae chai wth someone ferent peed Soe ee de (coli undow'ind oop oe ep ad toate char nrg edo ey wo font a Seer le ‘tle ota, Shall we gt be tte ce? fun, Ya ia FT, ———. ——rr—_—C ei (Hotning sear ae) ee fed hes ong Maybe etch uk bes ior ae ep ronan Tat ound fat enough, ee omnis Spposing we pone sound the ble fone Olay ls tae Fomor igh (Fore Welt with yo i ee ee ee Tn ths uly Tough ecPage 18“ Twelve Angry Men Act cr Ia what way was it obvious? ‘Two, I mesa thit nobody proved otherwise. rm [guietl}. Nobody has to prove otherwise; innocent ‘until proven guilty. The burden of proof ison the prosec- tion. ‘The defendant docsa't have to open his mouth. That's jn the Consittion, The Fifth Amendment. You've heard oft, FOUR. Everyone has ‘Two [flustered]. Well, sue—I've heard of it, Tknow what it is. -1... what T meant... well, anyway... 1 thik e's guilty! ricer (Jooking ai Two, shaking biz bead slowly). No reasons —just guilty. There i life at stake here. ‘rAMEb. Olay, les get tothe facts, Number one: le’ take the ‘old man who lived oa the second floor right underneath the room where the murder took place. At ten minutes after twelve on the night of the killing he heard loud noises in the upstairs apartment. He sid it sounded like a fight. Then Ihe heard the kid say ¢0 is father, “'m gonna kill you." A. second later he hear a body falling, and he tanto the door of his apartment, looked out and saw the kid running down- Stars and out of the howse, Then he called the police, They ound the father with a Knife in his ches. FOREMAN. And the coroner fixed the time of death at around ridaight “THREE. Right, Now what ese do you want? utr, It doesa't seem to ft FOUR. The boy's entire stocy is fimsy. He claimed he was at the movies. Tha’s a litle ridiculous, isn't it? He couldn't even remember what picture he saw. ‘rineE. That's right. Did you hear that? [To rour.] You're seoately right vive, He didat ave any ticket stub, cer. Who keeps ticket stub at the movies? FOUR [lo FE]. That's teu enough. 1VE, I suppor, bt the cashier dide't remember him. ‘runs, And the tcke taker dia’, ether Act Twelve Angry Men Page 19 ‘TEN, Look—vhat shoot the woman across the see? If her testimony don roe i then nothing des rwsive, Thats right. She saw the killing, did't she? Foumuant (rapping om iabe}, Let's goin ode, aN ([load!y. Jos « minae, Heres woman who's ling in Bed and chi sleep. Is ot, you know. (Gets mp and begins foveal around a rap blowing bit nore and tla] ‘Anyway, she wakes up and she looks oot the window, aid fight acs the tact she ses the kid stick the knife int his father, snot, How an she realy be ste it was the kid when she ‘a0 i through the windows of + puting clevated tin? TEN [pang Dt]. She's kon te kid his ie, Hib wine dow is ght opposite hers—scrosr the el tracke—and she swore shes hn do soir. Thar he eso rmx. Olay. And they proved in court that you can look through the windows of «puting el tein at mph, and see whats happening onthe ober ie. They prove nite. Werent yo telling jst a mine or two ago that You cat est Hem? That you can't believe lem. aN (clay) $0? cite, Then Ti like to ask you something. How come Believed her? She's one of thom, to. isn't she? [75 crose up to eat} ‘aN, Your petty sat fellow, are' you? ren (gy Now tke oy rman geod peer to TEN "HME. Cone on, Sit down, Lends rw at oi sa) atre you leting hien get you ll upet for? Rel. [1281 ad'vinteitdown} : rou, Gente, hey i tke w ot te womans oan ‘and we looked trough the windows of fusing el tra {To mci] —didat we? ce cite Yeu (Nods.] We dd oun. And werent Jou vie? to sce what happened on the otherPuge 20. Twelve Angry Men Act ct, 1 ide see a well they told me I woods, tL ‘i ace wht happened onthe ote side san [mapping ot ait]. You seed yoa se? Fontan [ating agen, Lets cl down gow. (Fo Five] 1s your tn vn Tipu FORInAse Thats your pve. [70 s0.} How shot you? Sx [oowis) 1 det Eaow.' sated to be convince, yon Tow withthe ttinony fom tee people so the bl Dida hy ay somthing abet an tapunent beeen the Fate and te op sound oven ode that nigh? I mean Toanbe wrong sunny I Gin ws ic dad, Not eve, eur Thats ight igh dock oun. Tay bes the father it he Boy twice nd then sw the bay wal angi oat ofthe Bouse. sx Right ri What dc tha prove? SE, Wall doesnt cacy prove anything. I's jest pact of the ete Idd ny proved anping ont Aoying ce? Sic No [Ries gor to mater cooler for a dink and thn serni dot know of is been id ald We cn ta all ay abet Br thing, bt I tink wee wing ot i nei don. Foun, Neth do. Goo, vin Look a the ds rnd. He sole a ar, Hes been tomate for magglog. 1 thiok they sd be tabbed soa fody ia thew. ron Tey ai En. He wa picked wp for ie ightng. At teen he was in efor sto ‘ute, Aad thy Ka him o reform soa for tabbing some Act I Twelve Angry Men Page 21 "icHr, Bver since he was five years old his father best him up segulatly. He used his Sts, SEVEN. So would I! On a kd like that. ‘Tumst. You're right. I's the kids. The way they are—you know? They don't listen. [Biteriy] Tve got a kid. When hae was eight years old he ran away From fight. I saw him, Iwas s0 ashamed, told him right out, "I'm gonna male ‘man oat of you or Tm gonna bast you up into lite pices trying.” When he was fifteen he hit me ia the face. He's big, you now? I havea't seen him in three yeas. Rotten kid! T hate tough kids! You work your heart oat... « {Paases) AU right. Let's get on with i... [Gets up end oes window, very embarrased} oun, We're missing the point here. This boy—let's say he's ' product of a filthy neighborhood and 2 beoken home. We ‘ant help that, We'e not hee to go into the reasons why sums are breeding grounds for criminals; they are, T know it. So do you. The children who come out of slum back- ‘grounds ar poteatal menaces to society. ‘TaN, You said it there, Tdoa't want any past of them, believe ‘me. [There is « dead silence for 4 moment, and then PIV speaks baltingly) sive. I've lived in slum all my life. ‘TEN, Now wait a second! ive, used to play in a backyaed that ws Silled with gasbage. ‘Maybe it stl smells on me. FOREMAN. Now, let's be reasonable. There's nothing per- pail 8 Pee IVE [rising, slamming bis band down on table}. There i something personal! {Then he catcher himself, and, seeing EVERYONE looking at him, sts down, fits clenched.) runee [terning from window), Come on, now, He dide't ‘mean you, feller. Let's not be so sensitive, [There ira long patted} sicitr [breaking silence}, 37ho did he mean? [ELEVEN. I can understand this sensitivity. FOREMAN. Now let's stop the bickering.Page 22 Twelve Angry Men Ae 1 rene. We'e wating tne, outa (san He our tan, earl ight Tha pia felng aout his tal Some. how I atta the fens counsel seer realy coded 2 through cos-eamination Too many qustions wee lt Seaited OUR While t dos’ change ay opinion about the guilt of the Kill Tages with you ta te dese oe ms THREE, So-o-0-0? [Croses back to table and sts} oer. This isa point. ‘THMEE, What about facts? [HGtT. So many questions wese never answered TumeE {annoyed}. What about the questions that were an- swered? For instance, let's tall about that cute litle switch knife. You know, the one that fine upright kid admited buying. ‘cir. All right, lets tal: about it. Le’s get it in here and. Took at it Tl ike to see it again, Me. Foreman. {FOnEMAN Lok him gaetoningy end then gs pad ge fo [During the following dialogue the roREMAN hnoekt. The CGuanD anlocks the door and comes in 1. and the FOREMAN sebispers to bin. The cuano nods and leaves, locking the door. The FOREMAN returns to bit set:} "THE. We all know what look ike, doa ee why we have look at spin. (To roun] What do you tisk? ou. The genlenan hs right sc exhib a erdece Se (uz Oy wn om (to itr} This if i prety suong piece of dence, don’t you agree? per ee vow. dn, oun, Now les get the soqunce of evens righ as they relate ‘othe switch kafe ae rwetvE, The boy admis going out of his howe at ‘o'clock, after being slapped by his father. a Act Twelve Angry Men Page 23 soir. Or punched. FOUR. Or punched, [Gets up and Begins to pacr atx stage, ‘moving Dk 10 U Rand back again.) He went ta ncighbar- hood store and bought a switch knife. The stoekeeper was arrested the following day when he admitted selling it to the boy. ‘rues. T think everyone agrees that i's an urusual knife ret hard to forget something like that. oun, The storekeeper identified the knife and ssid it was the ‘only one of its kind he had in stock Why did the boy petit? SEVEN [lareastically}. As a present fora friend of his, be says oun [pausing im Bis pacing). Atm T eight so far? sont. Right ‘une, You bet he's right. [To aLt.] Now listen to this man. He knows what he's talking about. OUR [itending a 8 stage]. Next, the boy claims that on the ‘way home the knife mst have fallen through 2 hole in his ‘coat pocket, that he never sat it again, Now there's «story, gentlemen,” You know whit actully happend. The boy took the knife home, and a few hours later stabbed his father with it and even remembered to wipe af the finger eit. [The door u opent and the cusnD walks in with an oddly. designed hnife with a tap on it, FOUR eroses 1. and takes the knife from bim, The GUsRD goes out L, closing and locking the door.) oun [at Lc holding ap knife, Breryne connected withthe ‘ase ented this Ene, Now ace you tying to ell me that Someone picket itp ofthe sect nd went the boy's wre and stabbed his father with ast be ming? nt, No. Fon saying tat its pole tht the boy lt the ‘if, snd that sone else sabe his father with 2 smi lar knife ts possible [som fis nif oper end jams it int wal ast dense of door] oun [iting bck 10 allow overt ree. Tike a look atPage 24 Twelve Angry Men Act that knife. It’s a very strange knife. 've never seen one like it before in my life. Neither had the storckeeper who sold it to him, [Bice reaches casually into bir pocket and witbe Araws an objet. No one notier im. He stands np} Atea't you trying to make us acepta pretty incredible coincidence? ici [moving toward rouR]. I'm not trying to make anyone accept Tm just saying it's posible. sures [rting, shouting}. And Tm saying it's not possible! [eon swiftly flicks open blade of a switch bnife, jams i nto wall next to fst bnife and steps back. They are exactly die, There are several gasps and EVERYONE saves ab fe. There is a long silence. THREB continues, slouly, amazed | What are you trying to do? ‘TaN {loudly}, Yeah, what is this? Who do you think you are? [A flow of ad lib consercaton barts forth} ive, Look att! 1s the same knife! FOREMAN, Quiet! Let's be quiet. [JURORS quiet down. THREE sits again oun, Wheie did you gt it? "BIGHT. I got i in a litle junk shop around the commer from the boy's house. I cost ewo dollars ‘THREE. Now listen to me! BIGHT [turning 19 bin}. Tm listening ‘runes. You pulled a ral smact trick here, but you proved ab- solotely zero. Maybe there are ten knives like that 50 what? -icir. Maybe there ae THREE. The boy lied and you know it ion (crossing back to bis sea, sting). And maybe he didn't Tie. Maybe fe did lose the knife and maybe he did go tothe ‘movies, Maybe the reason the cashier dida’t see him was because he sneaked into the movies, and maybe he was ashamed to say s0. (Looks around.) Is there anybody here ‘who dida't sneak into the movies once or twice when they were young? {There sa long silence.) LEVEN, I dda’ FOUR. Really, not even once? sayin, We dida’t have movies, Aer Twelve Angry Men Page 25 oun. Oh, [Crosses back so bis place and ses:] HIGHT. Maybe he did goto the movies—maybehe didn't, And he may have lied, [To 78N.] Do you thik he lied? ‘TaN [violent]. Now that's a stipid question. Sare, he lied! cit [to FOUR}. Do you? our. You don't have to ask me that You know my answer, He lied cir [fo rive]. Do you think he led? [ewe can't answer ‘immeditely. He looks around nervously} sve, IT don't know. SEVEN. Now wait a second. What are you—the guys lawyer? isten—there are still eleven of us who think he's guy. You'te alone. What do you think you're going to accom. plish? IF you want to be stubborn and hang tis jary he'll be tried aga, and found guilty sure as he's bora. scr. You're probably ight SEVEN. So what are you going to do sbout it? We can be here all ight. ‘xine. IS only one night. A man may dic ‘EVEN. Ob, now. Come on. HHT [10 NINE]. Well, yes, that's true. FOREMAN. I think we ought to get on with it row. ‘Tunes, Right Lee's gt going here ‘TEN [lo THREE]. How do you like this guy? [runex shrugs and turns o wc.) ‘Tues, Well, what do you say? You'te the one aolding up the show. oUR {10 nici]. Obviously you don’t think the boy is guilty. cit. Thave a doubt in my mind, FOUR. But you haven't really presented anything to us that makes it posible for us to understand your doubt. There's the old man downstairs, He heard it, He heaed the kid shriek it out. . ‘Tumse. The wosszn across the el teacks—she saw itt SEVEN, We know he bought #witch knife that night and we don't know where he really was, Ate unviea?Page 26 Twelve Angry Mea Act ronson Elie tht sight the kid and his father did ave a fight. oun. He's been a violet kd all the way, and while that doesn prove anything an, Stll,you know ~~ Hou {stending] T've gota propostion to make, (11s sands Mand pots at bunds on Bach of Bis cba. Sever juror: (flare at bm. Hl sinks bis bead down a bit, ten its down} fant to cal fora vote. I wact you eleven men vote By secret ballot Yl abstain, I there are sill eleven votes for fully, I woot sand alone, Weil tke in» goiky vrdet ‘right now. savN, Olay. Les do it Fons, Fat sound ue, I eveyone agreed? rour.Testaily am wave Les cll it TELIVEN [slow]. Pshaps this i st, {Bic walks over to ‘window and tans tere for a moment looking ost; thn Taras as FOREMAN pases ballot lips dou table Yo all of thom. rt fnses ss JURORS begin to write. Then folded Dolo ae pated Beck fo ponsnan. He fps through folded Dello, cots them to be sure be bes eleven and then be begins Yo open tom, reading verdict each te’) ronan, Gully. Gully. Gi. Guy. Guilty. Gul. Ties, Ta’ sx FOREMAN, Plewe, [Fumbles with one ballot} Six quit “Gully. Guilty. Guilty. [Passer for« moment at en ballot land then read} Nox gal. [en slars it ond down Sard om table, eae ars or tbl, at FOREMAN Feds fa blot} Gal. sa [engrl}, How to you like that! SEVEN [ltanding, maring}. Who was it? T thick we have a Tpit to know [Looks chat. No one moves} ‘CURTAIN ACT TWO AT RISE OF CURTAIN: Ir is only a second or two later. The [JURORS are in the same positions as they wore atthe end of ‘ct One} ‘man fie ripe) Al ight Who i i? Wha iit ‘cate. Is that the way to talk about a man’s life? {Sits at bis Place again] ‘Tugs. Whose life are you talking about? The life ofthe dead ‘man ofthe lif ofa murderer? seven, Twant to know. Who? ‘TURE. So do L LEVEN, Excuse me, This was secret ballot ‘rumez. No one looked while we did it, ut now I want £9 koow. [RLEVEN. A secret ballot; we agreed on that pont, no? If the gentleman wants it to remain a secret — vines [standing up angrily}. What do you mean? There are ‘no secrets in here! 1 know who it was, [Tarms to HVE] ‘What's the matter with you? You come in here and you vote ally and then this—[Nods foward soe }—slck preacher Stats to tear your heat out with stories about a pooe litle id who just couldnt help becoming 2 murderee. So you change your vote. If that isnt the most sckening— [FIVE edges atayin bis chair] onEMaN, Now bold it. [SEVEN sts agen slowly] vrour [to THRs}. I agece with you thatthe man i guilty, but ets be fi ‘mes, Hold i? Be fair? That's jst what Ym saying. We're trying to put a guilty man ilo the chair where he belongs— and al ofa sudden we're paying attention to fairy ales 7Page 28 Twelve Angry Men Act VE, Now, jut a minate— Tunze [bonding toward eve, wagging finger at bin. Now, you steno me FOREMAN [repping on tbl), Les try to keep this org Dean [ping om be. Lts yoke thi orgie, OUR. It sit orpanae, bt les ty tobe vlad uvin, Plase. 1 would like to sty something here, Ihave always though dt « man was ate to have wapopelar ‘pinion in this country. This isthe san T came hee T wanted to have the ight to disagree etn Doon dag ws? inven, Usually, Twould. In this oe case T agree with but the point f wish to make i that in my Own county, amashuned toy TEN. Oh, ow-w-w, whit do we hive to liten tothe whole history of your cone? Crome sr agai agua} oun. I always wise © bea in mind what has epened in ‘ther conte, when people are allowed to dngre, bat se ate o let sick tothe abject seven, Yea, let's tice tothe bec, [ro wiv] 1 want to 236 you, wat made you change your vate? ‘unze want to know, too. You haven told ws yet WE, Why do you thik I did change my vote? S8vEN, Bocuse Ido, Now get on with INE [quily}. Theres noting for hi to tell you. He did't anges 1 (a ok ve} ve [to rH], Twas going to fll ou, bt you were s sre ve a going tell you, bat you ‘inet. Sry. [To svt] Oley, now ZINE. Maybe you'd ike to know wh, Zins [to ging hecho, et ell ou why ht FOREMAN, The man wants to alk, (roma subse) NINE [v0 rouswan]. ‘Thank you. [Poi at kr} This ‘getleran chose otto stant alone apast us This is fight. Takes «gest deal of courage to standalone even if you baie in someting very song, He left te vad ‘Act IL Twelve Angry Men Page 29 up to us, He gambled for support and I gave it to him. 1 ‘want to hear more. The vote is ten to two. [JURORS TO Gand 10Un get up about tame intent and walb 10 waler ‘ooler ar TEN speaks] ‘TEN. That's fine. Ifthe speech is over, let's go on. [FOREMAN {485 4p, goes to door 1, pulls tagged knife from wall and then inocks on door.) {UThe door it opened by the Guano. The FOREMAN hands the ‘ound the tagged switch knife. The cvaRD goer ont and the FOREMAN taker the otber witch knife, loses it and puss it in the middle of the table. He sts again. The other [Turots talk on, in pantomime, as TWO and FOUR stand by ‘the water cooler.) our [filling cup]. IF there was anything in the kid's favor Td vete not guilty. ‘rwo. I don't sce what itis. OUR [handing cup 12 TW, then drawing drink for bimzelf} ‘Neither do I. They're clutching at sta. ‘rwo. Ai guilty as they get—tha' the kid, T suppose Four. I's that one juror that’s holding out, but he'll come ‘round. Hes got to and, fundamentally, he's a very razon able nan, srw, I guess 20 FOUR. They haven't come up with one seal fact yet to buck ‘up not guilty verdict ‘wo. It's hard, you know. FOUR. Yes, it i, And what docs “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt really mean? srwo, What's «reasonable doubt? OUR. Exactly. When a life is at stake, what is « reasonable doubt? You've got to have law and order; you've got tO draw the line Somewhere; if you don't, everyone would start knifing people. rrwo. Not much doubt here, ye POUR. Two mea think so, I wonder why. I really wonder why. ‘rwo. You do hear sories about innocent men who have gone