Tag: Look Back in Anger
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John Osborne on playwriting
Tuesday 30th August 2016
blogQuote of the day: “I want to make people feel, to give them lessons in feeling.”
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On remembering David Bowie
Monday 11th January 2016
writingThe death of David Bowie provokes the Critic to take a trip down the motorways a…
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British New Writing in an Age of Austerity
Monday 1st December 2014
writingFriday, 7 May 2010; Brixton, south London; darkest night.
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Sex with a Stranger, Trafalgar Studios
Tuesday 7th February 2012
reviewA new tragi-comedy about sexual desire, masculinity and relationships: great tit…
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Inadmissible Evidence, Donmar Warehouse
Tuesday 18th October 2011
reviewDouglas Hodge stars in John Osborne’s 1964 play, which is still disturbing in it…
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The River Line, Jermyn Street Theatre
Thursday 6th October 2011
reviewAnother rediscovered forgotten play from the 1950s is well plotted and passionat…
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Angry Young Men
Tuesday 27th April 2010
writingThe Angry Young Men of the 1950s were more of media phenomenon than a coherent m…
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Off the Endz, Royal Court
Friday 19th February 2010
reviewNew black morality play is slim but full of rocking energy, powerful lines and a…
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Reality Sucks (New Writing 2007)
Thursday 1st May 2008
writingThe distinguished film director David Lean once said, “Reality is a bore.”
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