Look Back in Anger - John Osborne
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"Look Back in Anger" by John Osborne didn't change British theatre all at once, but it did pave the way for that change. Michael Billington, a theatre critic for The Guardian, said that the play "revived a generation," but only after the BBC aired a small part of it.
Look Back in Anger is a three-act play by John Osborne that was first put on in 1956, when he was 26 years old, and then published the following year. A published description of Osborne as a "angry young man" was used to describe a whole generation of unhappy young British writers who identified with the lower classes and looked down on the upper classes and the political institutions that had been around for a long time.
The play looks at the relationship between Jimmy Porter, the original "angry young man" who is smart but unhappy, and his wife, Alison. The Porters' marriage has a lot to do with their class. Jimmy's family is from the working class, while Alison's family is from the upper middle class and is in the military.
Look Back in Anger is a three-act play by John Osborne that was first put on in 1956, when he was 26 years old, and then published the following year. A published description of Osborne as a "angry young man" was used to describe a whole generation of unhappy young British writers who identified with the lower classes and looked down on the upper classes and the political institutions that had been around for a long time.
The play looks at the relationship between Jimmy Porter, the original "angry young man" who is smart but unhappy, and his wife, Alison. The Porters' marriage has a lot to do with their class. Jimmy's family is from the working class, while Alison's family is from the upper middle class and is in the military.
The play is set in the Porters' one-room flat in the Midlands, which is small and crowded. Jimmy and their houseguest Cliff talk about politics while Alison does the laundry. As they talk, Jimmy's temper gets worse and worse, and he starts to get angry at Alison and her family. Alison gets burned on the arm when the ironing board falls over.
Helena, a friend of Alison's who is also an actress, comes to stay. Jimmy can't stand her, which makes him even more angry. Alison also turns out to be pregnant. Helena thinks that Alison needs to be saved from a relationship that she sees as Alison rebelling against her family. Alison's colonel father comes to take her home after she sends a telegram to Alison's parents.
Helena, a friend of Alison's who is also an actress, comes to stay. Jimmy can't stand her, which makes him even more angry. Alison also turns out to be pregnant. Helena thinks that Alison needs to be saved from a relationship that she sees as Alison rebelling against her family. Alison's colonel father comes to take her home after she sends a telegram to Alison's parents.
Alison shows the social and generational gap in this scene when she tells him, "You're hurt because everything has changed." Jimmy is upset because nothing changes.
Jimmy keeps getting mad at Helena after he finds Alison's goodbye note, but Act 2 ends with them kissing and falling into bed together.
In Act 3, Helena and Jimmy are living together, and the ironing board scene is shown again to show how they feel about each other.
But when Helena finds out Alison lost the baby, she feels bad about what she did and decides to leave as well. At the end of the play, Jimmy and Alison talk to each other and make up.
Michael Billington says that, like Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Look Back in Anger is a play "all about waiting and the agony of hope that is always put off."
Jimmy keeps getting mad at Helena after he finds Alison's goodbye note, but Act 2 ends with them kissing and falling into bed together.
In Act 3, Helena and Jimmy are living together, and the ironing board scene is shown again to show how they feel about each other.
But when Helena finds out Alison lost the baby, she feels bad about what she did and decides to leave as well. At the end of the play, Jimmy and Alison talk to each other and make up.
Michael Billington says that, like Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Look Back in Anger is a play "all about waiting and the agony of hope that is always put off."
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