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Plays For England
John Osborne
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Description for Plays For England
Paperback. New editions of major plays by one of the twentieth century's most influential playwrights. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
John Osborne (1929-1994) was the leading playwright of the post-war British theatre revival: a rennaissance that is said to have started when his Look Back in Anger was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre. It led to the coining of the phrase 'angry young man', which applied not only to Osborne but also to many new writers who criticised the system. But Osborne was not a conventional revolutionary; his attack on the present was in fact a mourning for the loss of past values, a stance that became clearer in his later plays. The Blood of the Bambergs, the ... Read more
John Osborne (1929-1994) was the leading playwright of the post-war British theatre revival: a rennaissance that is said to have started when his Look Back in Anger was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre. It led to the coining of the phrase 'angry young man', which applied not only to Osborne but also to many new writers who criticised the system. But Osborne was not a conventional revolutionary; his attack on the present was in fact a mourning for the loss of past values, a stance that became clearer in his later plays. The Blood of the Bambergs, the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781840020373
SKU
V9781840020373
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About John Osborne
John Osborne was born in London in 1929. He worked as a journalist for a number of trade magazines before becoming an Assistant Stage Manager and actor with several repertory companies. Look Back in Anger (1956) has come to stand as a key text for modern British Drama, and prompted other successes with The Entertainer and Epitaph for George Dillon. ... Read more
Reviews for Plays For England
"This is perhaps the most audacious statement ever made on the English stage" - Kenneth Tynan, Observer "His spiritual barbarism and magnificent of contempt are doubly refreshing next to the mealy-mouthed winnowing of much over-praised contemporary playwrights" - Michael Coveney, Daily Mail