John Osborne's Look Back in Anger (Modern Theatre Guides)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2008
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- ISBN-13:
- 9781441139559
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780826492012
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 11/02/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Aleks Sierz
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
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