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Teressa Hirsch, playing Juror #7, doesn't hide her anger after Juror #8 refuses to join the other 11 jurors for a quick unanimous guilty verdict in the Batavia Players presentation of 12 Angry Jurors.
Photo by Howard Owens.

A simple plot -- 12 ordinary people deliberating the guilt or innocence of a young man accused of murder -- became a riveting drama on Sept. 20, 1954, when it first aired on CBS's Studio One.

In the 1950s, women couldn't serve on juries, so the title was to

]]> https://www.thebatavian.com/howard-owens/batavia-players-stage-timeless-study-in-human-conflict-12-angry-jurors/636713#comments https://www.thebatavian.com/howard-owens/batavia-players-stage-timeless-study-in-human-conflict-12-angry-jurors/636713 Oct 4, 2023, 7:40am 12 Angry Jurors Batavia Players stage timeless study in human conflict, 12 Angry Jurors Howard Owens <figure role="group" class="caption caption-div"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img alt="12-angry-jurors-batavia-players-2023" class="image-style-large" height="532" loading="lazy" src="https://www.thebatavian.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-10/12-angry-jurors-batavia-players-2023.jpg?itok=eyQWUxeT" width="800"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Teressa Hirsch, playing Juror #7, doesn't hide her anger after Juror #8 refuses to join the other 11 jurors for a quick unanimous guilty verdict in the Batavia Players presentation of 12 Angry Jurors.</em><br><em>Photo by Howard Owens.</em></figcaption> </figure> <p>A simple plot -- 12 ordinary people deliberating the guilt or innocence of a young man accused of murder -- became a riveting drama on Sept. 20, 1954, when it first aired on CBS's Studio One.</p><p>In the 1950s, women couldn't serve on juries, so the title was to</p>