John Osborne was een Engelse toneelschrijver wiens werk het Engelse theater ingrijpend transformeerde. Gedurende een productieve carrière verkende hij tal van thema's en genres, waarbij hij schreef voor toneel, film en televisie. Hij werd bekend om zijn bloemrijke en vaak gewelddadige taalgebruik, dat zowel werd gebruikt om politieke kwesties aan te kaarten als in persoonlijke relaties. Osborne behoorde tot de eerste schrijvers die openlijk de rol van de monarchie in twijfel trokken en de postimperiale identiteit van Groot-Brittannië aanpakten, waarmee hij de complexe realiteit van de naoorlogse periode op het openbare toneel bracht.
Set on a Caribbean Island, colonial and emotional empires in deca. The main character of this play, the elderly novelist Wyatt Gillman, resembles a fading Evelyn Waugh who has become a spent force and a prophet opposed to change.
Focusing on John Osborne's experiences as a support worker, this narrative intertwines his life with a nostalgic journey through the music and memories evoked by old tapes from the 1990s. The storytelling captivates readers by exploring themes of memory, connection, and the impact of music on personal identity.
A play in three acts
s/t: A Play in Three Acts Jimmy Porter plays trumpet badly. He browbeats his flatmate, terrorizes his wife, and is not above sleeping with her best friend-who loathes Jimmy almost as much as he loathes himself. Yet this working-class Hamlet, the original Angry Young Man, is one of the most mesmerizing characters ever to burst onto a stage, a malevolently vital, volcanically articulate internal exile in the dreary, dreaming Siberia of postwar England. First produced in 1956, Look Back in Anger launched a revolution in the English theater. Savagely, sadly, and always impolitely, it compels readers and audiences to acknowledge the hidden currents of rottenness and rage in what used to be called "the good life."
This play about the life and work of a second-rate music hall comic (brilliantly created by Sir Laurence Olivier in the original production) has become a classic of 20th century drama.
Spanning from Charlemagne's coronation in 800 to the decline of the Roman Church a century later, this work examines Rome's material culture through architecture, artifacts, and historical texts. It highlights the city's initial wealth and artistic patronage, followed by a period of impoverishment and decline. John Osborne challenges the belief that the Franco-papal alliance caused a cultural rift between Rome and the eastern Mediterranean. Richly illustrated, this book is vital for those interested in the complexities of medieval Rome.
