Author : Aleks Sierz
Release : 2008-03-10
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 559/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis John Osborne's Look Back in Anger by : Aleks Sierz
Download or read book John Osborne's Look Back in Anger written by Aleks Sierz. This book was released on 2008-03-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Look Back in Anger is one of the few works of drama that are indisputably central to British culture in general, and its name is one of the most well-known in postwar cultural history. Its premiere in 1956 sparked off the first "new wave" of kitchen-sink drama and the cultural phenomenon of the angry young man. The play's anti-hero, Jimmy Porter, became the spokesman of a generation. Osborne's play is a key milestone in "new writing" for British theatre, and the Royal Court-which produced the play-has since become one of the most important new writing theatres in the UK.