{"product_id":"look-back-in-anger-rare-books","title":"Look Back in Anger by John Osborne (RARE BOOKS)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Summary:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1956 John Osborne's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLook Back in Anger\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003echanged the course of English theatre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLook Back in Anger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presents post-war youth as it really is. To have done this at all would be a significant achievement; to have done it in a first play is a minor miracle. All the qualities are there, qualities one had despaired of ever seeing on stage - the drift towards anarchy, the instinctive leftishness, the automatic rejection of \"official\" attitudes, the surrealist sense of humour... the casual promiscuity, the sense of lacking a crusade worth fighting for and, underlying all these, the determination that no one who dies shall go unmourned.' Kenneth Tynan, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 13 May 1956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLook Back in Anger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e... has its inarguable importance as the beginning of a revolution in the British theatre, and as the central and most immediately influential expression of the mood of its time, the mood of the \"angry young man\".' John Russell Taylor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2082\" data-end=\"2116\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2082\" data-end=\"2116\"\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2118\" data-end=\"2338\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2118\" data-end=\"2134\"\u003eJohn Osborne\u003c\/strong\u003e (1929–1994) was a British playwright and screenwriter best known for \u003cem data-start=\"2204\" data-end=\"2224\"\u003eLook Back in Anger\u003c\/em\u003e, which made him a central figure in the post-war cultural rebellion against Britain's conservative establishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2340\" data-end=\"2552\" class=\"\"\u003eBorn in London, Osborne had a troubled upbringing and left school early. After working various jobs in theatre, he began writing plays, with \u003cem data-start=\"2481\" data-end=\"2501\"\u003eLook Back in Anger\u003c\/em\u003e becoming his first major success at the age of 26.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2554\" data-end=\"2659\" class=\"\"\u003eFollowing that, Osborne continued to write plays that challenged societal norms and authority, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2660\" data-end=\"2820\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2660\" data-end=\"2730\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2662\" data-end=\"2730\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2662\" data-end=\"2679\"\u003eThe Entertainer\u003c\/em\u003e (1957), which critiqued Britain’s cultural decline\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2731\" data-end=\"2787\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2733\" data-end=\"2787\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2733\" data-end=\"2741\"\u003eLuther\u003c\/em\u003e (1961), a historical play about Martin Luther\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2788\" data-end=\"2820\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2790\" data-end=\"2820\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2790\" data-end=\"2813\"\u003eInadmissible Evidence\u003c\/em\u003e (1964)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2822\" data-end=\"2998\" class=\"\"\u003eHe also wrote screenplays, essays, and memoirs. His work is known for its emotional volatility, biting language, and deep exploration of personal and social alienation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3000\" data-end=\"3401\" class=\"\"\u003eOsborne was a complex and often controversial figure—fiercely opinionated, politically radical in his early years, and famously disdainful of mediocrity and complacency. Despite fading somewhat from the spotlight later in life, his influence on modern British theatre is profound. \u003cem data-start=\"3281\" data-end=\"3301\"\u003eLook Back in Anger\u003c\/em\u003e remains a touchstone for the power of theatre to confront personal and political realities head-on.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Best of Used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44270421672193,"sku":"2UN26GVEP-Used","price":499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/files\/31ziPAg1pAL._SX318_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1694253755","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/look-back-in-anger-rare-books","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}