First American Edition. 12mo. In dustjacket. Brown, fabric binding with stamped, gilt lettering to spine. Review Copy. Look Back in Anger(1956) is arealist playwritten byJohn Osborne. It focuses on the life and marital struggles of an intelligent and educated but disaffected young man ofworking-classorigin, Jimmy Porter, and his equally competent yet impassiveupper-middle-classwife Alison. The supporting characters include Cliff Lewis, an amiableWelshlodger who attempts to keep the peace, and Helena Charles, Alison's snobbish friend. Osborne drew inspiration from his personal life and failing marriage with Pamela Lane while writingLook Back in Anger, which was his first successful outing as a playwright. The play spawned the term angry young men to describe Osborne and those of his generation who employed the harshness ofrealismin the theatre in contrast to the moreescapisttheatre that characterized the previous generation. The play was received favorably in the theatre community becoming an enormous commercial success, transferring to the West End and Broadway, and even touring to Moscow. It is credited to have turned Osborne from a struggling playwright into a wealthy and famous personality, and also won him theEvening Standard Drama Awardas the most promising playwright of 1956. The play was adapted into amotion picture of the same namebyTony Richardson, starringRichard BurtonandMary Ure, which was released in 1959. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Slight sunning to dustjacket. Some stray marks to interior.

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Title: Look Back In Anger
Publisher: Criterion Books, New York
Publication Date: 1957
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition.
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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