Tag: John Osborne
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Look Back in Anger
Thursday 31st October 2024
blogFavourite stage direction: “Jimmy is a tall, thin young man about twenty-five, w…
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Look Back in Anger
Saturday 12th October 2024
blogText of the day: “It’s no good trying to fool yourself about love.”
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A Raisin in the Sun, Lyric Hammersmith
Friday 11th October 2024
reviewOf race and men: Lorraine Hansberry classic is both a historical gem and a play …
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Angry and Young, Almeida Theatre
Saturday 5th October 2024
reviewVigorous and illuminating double bill: two all-time 1950s classics, Look Back in…
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Don’t Destroy Me, Arcola Theatre
Monday 15th January 2024
reviewForgotten play by the author of Tom & Viv is realistic, but lacks dramatic focus…
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Dearest Squirrel: Johnny and Pam Osborne’s long-lasting love
Saturday 1st July 2023
writingThe love affair between playwright and actor lasted far beyond their early divor…
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Greg Hersov on Look Back in Anger
Monday 9th January 2023
blogBook of the week: Greg Hersov, who joined the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchest…
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John Osborne on the Monarchy
Monday 19th September 2022
blogQuote of the day: “My objection to the Royalty is that it is dead; it is the gol…
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Mark Ravenhill play crashes the Royal Court computer
Thursday 24th March 2022
blogOne from the archives: Mark Ravenhill’s 1996 play, Shopping and Fucking, had the…
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