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The jury's back in with 'Twelve Angry Men' revival

Script from '50s works in today's political climate

By Sandy MacDonald
Globe Correspondent / November 5, 2006

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It might not sound like a surefire formula for a Broadway hit: Take a 50-year-old teleplay about a jury deciding whether to impose an automatic death sentence on a 16-year-old delinquent accused of stabbing his father. Serve it up plain and unadorned: no topical updating, no splashy theatrics. (Full article: 1085 words)

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