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Author Sierz, Aleks

Title John Osborne's Look back in anger / Aleks Sierz
Published London ; New York : Continuum, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 121 pages)
Series Continuum modern theatre guides
Continuum modern theatre guides.
Contents Background and context -- Analysis and commentary -- Production history -- Workshopping the play -- Conclusion
Summary 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.€ This guide pr
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-116) and index
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In Bloomsbury Drama Online Core Collection Scholarly Books. Bloomsbury Publishing
Subject Osborne, John, 1929-1994. Look back in anger
SUBJECT Osborne, John, 1929-1994 fast
Osborne, John <Schriftsteller> swd
Look back in anger. swd
Subject Literary studies: from c 1900.
Theatre studies.
DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781441175052
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9781623566210
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9781441139559
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