Theatre review: Twelve Angry Men, Garrick Theatre, London
For a play with such a tight focus on a single room, Twelve Angry Men has been on quite the journey. In 1954, writer Reginald Rose served on a jury, which fought for eight hours over a manslaughter case. The dramatic potential was obvious, and he used it as the basis for a television play. This caught Henry Fonda's eye, who made the famous movie version in 1957, and it was then adapted for the London stage in 1964. T…