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Look Back in Anger

By John Osborne

By John Osborne

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Nov 18, 1982 | ISBN 9780140481754

Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
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Nov 18, 1982 | ISBN 9780140481754

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About Look Back in Anger

Jimmy Porter, frustrated and bitter in his drab flat, lives with his middle-class wife, Alison. Also sharing the flat is Cliff who keeps things tenuously together. Alison’s friend Helen arrives and persuades her to leave Jimmy only to fall for him herself. When Alison becomes pregnant, Helen leaves the couple. This play originally opened at the Royal Court Theatre in 1956 and has since proved to be a milestone in the history of theater.

About John Osborne

John Osborne (1929-1994) was a British playwright whose 1956 drama Look Back in Anger helped change the face of British theater in the 1950s. In the 1990s, the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain awarded Osborne a lifetime achievement award. Osborne’s… More about John Osborne

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Category: Literary Criticism | Performing Arts

Paperback | $14.00
Published by Penguin Books
Nov 18, 1982 | 96 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140481754

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