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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.>
Sommario
Series Preface
1. Background and Context
2. Analysis and Commentary
3. Production history
4. Workshopping the Play
5. Conclusion
Timeline 1945-60
Further Reading
References
Index
Info autore
Aleks Sierz is the theatre critic of
Tribune and a freelance theatre reviewer. He is a lecturer in modern British theatre whose seminal study,
In-Yer-Face Theatre, defined a new generation of writers and their work. In 2006 Methuen Drama published his guide,
The Theatre of Martin Crimp, which was followed up by 2012's
Modern British Playwriting: the 1990s. Sierz's journalism has featured in the
Sunday Times, the
Daily Telegraph and the
Independent. He is a widely read, highly regarded critic of modern British theatre.
Aleks Sierz FRSA is Visiting Professor at Rose Bruford College, London, UK, and author of
In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today (Faber, 2001),
John Osborne's Look Back in Anger (Continuum, 2008),
Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today (Methuen Drama, 2011) and
Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s (Methuen Drama 2012). He also
works as a journalist, broadcaster, lecturer and theatre critic.
