John Osborne's Look Back in Anger
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| Title: | John Osborne's Look Back in Anger |
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| Description: | 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. |
| Authors: | Aleks Sierz |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Categories: | PERFORMING ARTS / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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| ISBN: | 9780826492012 9781441175052 9781441139559 |
