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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Target entity: Look Back in Anger Context triple: [Claire Bloom, notableWork, Look Back in Anger]
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The Man of Property
The Man of Property is a 1906 novel by John Galsworthy that serves as the first book of the Forsyte Saga, portraying the conflicts and moral decay within an upper-middle-class English family.
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Stage Door
Stage Door is a 1937 American comedy-drama film about aspiring actresses living in a New York boarding house, noted for its sharp dialogue and ensemble cast including Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers.
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Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
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D.
Coward of the County
Coward of the County is a popular country song by Kenny Rogers that tells the story of a gentle man pushed to defend his honor and that of his loved one.
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E.
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh is a 1939 play by American dramatist Eugene O’Neill that portrays a group of down-and-out barflies confronting their shattered illusions when visited by a charismatic salesman.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Look Back in Anger Target entity description: 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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A.
The Man of Property
The Man of Property is a 1906 novel by John Galsworthy that serves as the first book of the Forsyte Saga, portraying the conflicts and moral decay within an upper-middle-class English family.
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B.
Stage Door
Stage Door is a 1937 American comedy-drama film about aspiring actresses living in a New York boarding house, noted for its sharp dialogue and ensemble cast including Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers.
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C.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
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D.
Coward of the County
Coward of the County is a popular country song by Kenny Rogers that tells the story of a gentle man pushed to defend his honor and that of his loved one.
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E.
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh is a 1939 play by American dramatist Eugene O’Neill that portrays a group of down-and-out barflies confronting their shattered illusions when visited by a charismatic salesman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama
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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
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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
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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
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emotional violence in relationships ⓘ frustration with the British class system ⓘ |
| timeSetting | mid-1950s ⓘ |
| yearOfPremiere | 1956 ⓘ |
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Subject: Look Back in Anger Description of subject: 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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