Look Back in Anger

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Look Back in Anger is a landmark 1956 stage play by John Osborne that helped launch the British "kitchen sink" realist movement and the era of the "angry young men" in postwar theatre.

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instanceOf drama
stage play
author John Osborne
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dateWritten 1955
director Tony Richardson
dramaticForm three-act play
firstPerformanceCompany English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre
surface form: English Stage Company
firstPublisher Faber and Faber
genre kitchen sink realism
realist drama
hasAdaptation Look Back in Anger self-linksurface differs
surface form: Look Back in Anger (1959 film)

Look Back in Anger self-linksurface differs
surface form: Look Back in Anger (1980 television film)

Look Back in Anger (1989 television film)
hasSubjectHeading British drama—20th century
Married people—Drama
Working class—Drama
hasTranslation multiple languages
influenced British New Wave
surface form: British New Wave cinema

postwar British theatre
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity London, England
surface form: London
mainCharacter Alison Porter
Cliff Lewis
Helena Charles
Jimmy Porter
movement Angry Young Men
notableFor launching the kitchen sink realist movement in British theatre
popularizing the term Angry Young Men
originalLanguage English
originalTheatre Almeida Theatre
surface form: Royal Court Theatre
period post-World War II era
placeOfPremiere Almeida Theatre
surface form: Royal Court Theatre
premiereStatus landmark of postwar British theatre
producer English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre
surface form: English Stage Company
publicationYear 1957
setting a one-room flat in the English Midlands
subject class conflict
disillusionment
marital conflict
postwar British society
theme alienation of the educated working class
emotional violence in relationships
frustration with the British class system
timeSetting mid-1950s
yearOfPremiere 1956

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Claire Bloom notableWork Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger hasAdaptation Look Back in Anger self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Look Back in Anger (1959 film)
Look Back in Anger hasAdaptation Look Back in Anger self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Look Back in Anger (1980 television film)
British New Wave notableWork Look Back in Anger
Mary Ure notableWork Look Back in Anger
Mary Ure notableWork Look Back in Anger
this entity surface form: Look Back in Anger (stage production)
Mary Ure performedIn Look Back in Anger
this entity surface form: Look Back in Anger (original stage production)
John Osborne notableWork Look Back in Anger
John Osborne wrote Look Back in Anger
John Osborne adaptedToScreenplay Look Back in Anger
Woodfall Film Productions notableWork Look Back in Anger
Tony Richardson notableWork Look Back in Anger
Edith Evans notableWork Look Back in Anger
David Merrick produced Look Back in Anger
Angry Young Men notableWork Look Back in Anger
Jimmy Porter appearsIn Look Back in Anger
Jimmy Porter firstAppearance Look Back in Anger
this entity surface form: play "Look Back in Anger"
Helena Charles appearsIn Look Back in Anger
Lisa Banes notableWork Look Back in Anger
this entity surface form: Look Back in Anger (stage production)
Look Back in Anger (1989 television film) basedOn Look Back in Anger
this entity surface form: Look Back in Anger (play)
Look Back in Anger (1989 television film) isAdaptationOf Look Back in Anger
this entity surface form: Look Back in Anger (stage play)
Cliff Lewis characterInPlay Look Back in Anger
Cliff Lewis appearsInAct Look Back in Anger
this entity surface form: Act I of Look Back in Anger
Cliff Lewis appearsInAct Look Back in Anger
this entity surface form: Act II of Look Back in Anger
Cliff Lewis appearsInAct Look Back in Anger
this entity surface form: Act III of Look Back in Anger
Cliff Lewis workTitle Look Back in Anger
Alison Porter appearsIn Look Back in Anger