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John Osborne

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John James Osborne (12 December 1929 – 24 December 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor and critic of the Establishment. The success of his 1956 play Look Back in Anger transformed English theatre. In a productive life of more than 40 years, Osborne explored many themes and genres, writing for stage, film and TV. His personal life was extravagant and iconoclastic. He was notorious for the ornate violence of his language, not only on behalf of the political causes he supported but also against his own family, including his wives and children. Osborne was one of the first writers to address Britain's purpose in the post-imperial age. He was the first to question the point of the monarchy on a prominent public stage. During his peak (1956–1966), he helped make contempt an acceptable and now even cliched onstage emotion, argued for the cleansing wisdom of bad behaviour and bad taste, and combined unsparing truthfulness with devastating wit.   Description above from the Wikipedia article John Osborne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Dec 12, 1929 In Fulham, London, England
Movie/TV Credits:
10
First Appeared:
In the movie A Sunday in September 1961-09-18
Latest Project:
Movie Reportin’ for Duty: A Tribute to Leslie Jordan 2023-04-29
Known For
Poster of The King
Poster of A Better Class of Person
Poster of Get Carter
Poster of First Love
Filmography
Movie Reportin’ for Duty: A Tribute to Leslie Jordan Self 2023-04-29
Movie The King Stage Hand #2 2007-05-20
Movie The South Bank Show: Noël Coward Self 1992-03-01
Movie The Power of One Guard, School Gate 1992-03-27
Movie A Better Class of Person Narrator 1985-01-02
Movie Flash Gordon Arborian Priest 1980-09-01
Movie Tomorrow Never Comes Lyne 1978-03-02
Movie Get Carter Kinnear 1971-02-03
Movie First Love Maidanov 1970-10-07
Movie A Sunday in September Self 1961-09-18