The first performance of Look Back in Anger in 1956 ushered in a new
period of British theatre, and its success established the previously
unknown John Osborne as a new playwright of the first rank. Contrary
to popular perception, Look Back was not Osborne's first play to be
performed, and two of his early plays had already enjoyed professional
productions. Copies of the scripts, thought to have been lost, were
rediscovered in the British Library in 2008, and are presented for the
first time here.
THE DEVIL INSIDE HIM (1950) was the 21 year-old Osborne's earliest
attempt at a full-length play,and concerns a young Welshman, Huw, at
odds with the hypocrisy and imaginative poverty of his community. It
was re-written with help from Osborne's then-lover, Stella Linden.
PERSONAL ENEMY (1955) was written with Anthony Creighton with whom
Osborne later collaborated with on Epitaph for George Dillon. Set in
small-town America during summer of 1953 - at the height of the
anti-communist witch-hunts - the play tells the story of a family torn
apart by a country's political, and sexual, paranoia.
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The Devil Inside Him; Personal Enemy
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781849438599
Publisert
2018
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury UK
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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