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Look Back in Anger (1956) is a realist play written by John Osborne. It focuses on the life and marital struggles of an intelligent and educated but disaffected young man of working-class origin, Jimmy Porter, and his equally competent yet impassive upper-middle-class wife Alison.
- John Osborne
- 1956
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Look Back in Anger is a 1959 British kitchen sink drama film starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom and Mary Ure and directed by Tony Richardson.
Look Back in Anger: Directed by Tony Richardson. With Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure, Edith Evans. A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
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- Tony Richardson
- 1959-09-15
Look Back in Anger, play in three acts by John Osborne, performed in 1956 and published in 1957. A published description of Osborne as an “angry young man” was extended to apply to an entire generation of disaffected young British writers who identified with the lower classes and viewed the upper.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A play by John Osborne about a young couple, Alison and Jimmy, who struggle with class conflict and marital problems in 1950s England. The play explores themes of anger, suffering, and nostalgia through Jimmy's tirades, Alison's pregnancy and miscarriage, and Helena's intervention.
Feb 7, 2017 · John Osborne wrote Look Back in Anger pretty quickly, in just 17 days, while sitting in a deckchair on Morecambe Pier. At this stage of his life, Osborne was living in a tiny flat in Derby with his wife, the actress Pamela Lane.
Learn about John Osborne's 1956 play that launched the Angry Young Men movement in British theater. Find summaries, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, symbols, and more.
