John Osborne's 'Look Back in Anger' changed the course of English theatre. It presents post-war youth as it really was and expresses the mood of its time, the mood of the 'angry young man'.
John Osborne's 'Look Back in Anger' changed the course of English theatre. It presents post-war youth as it really was and expresses the mood of its t...
This volume combines a theoretical critique of the biographical method that dominates Larkin studies with a revolutionary interpretation of his works that better accounts for their profound influence upon leading Postmodernists like Ian McEwan, David Mitchell, Carol Ann Duffy, Damien Hirst - and the creators of Jerry Springer - the Opera .
This volume combines a theoretical critique of the biographical method that dominates Larkin studies with a revolutionary interpretation of his works ...
Two never-before-published works. The Devil Inside Him, written in 1950, is a melodrama with a poetic edge about a Welsh boarding house, lorded over by a self-righteous, religious bigot of a father. Personal Enemy, written with Anthony Creighton, is set in America at the height of the McCarthy communist witch-hunts.
Two never-before-published works. The Devil Inside Him, written in 1950, is a melodrama with a poetic edge about a Welsh boarding house, lor...
Ústřední postavou vrcholného autorova dramatu z roku 1957 je Archie Rice, šmírácký komik působící na scéně upadajícího londýnského music-hallu. Hra je sondou do života chudé maloměstské londýnské rodiny a jejího neutěšeného života plného rozpadlých vztahů, lhostejnosti, prázdnoty a beznaděje. Odehrává se v době války o Suez a vytváří kritický obraz sociálních poměrů tehdejší Británie. O její nadčasovosti svědčí, že je stále uváděna divadly u nás i na světových scénách.
Ústřední postavou vrcholného autorova dramatu z roku 1957 je Archie Rice, šmírácký komik působící na scéně upadajícího londýnského mu...
A completely fresh insight into the mind of one of the UK's greatest playwrights, the letters between John Osborne and his first wife, actress Pamela Lane. His groundbreaking play 'Look Back in Anger' was based on this turbulent marriage.
A completely fresh insight into the mind of one of the UK's greatest playwrights, the letters between John Osborne and his first wife, actress Pamela ...