Concetti Chiave
- John Osborne was a pivotal figure in the Angry Young Men movement, bringing realism and critique of the Establishment to post-war English theater.
- Born in London in 1929 to working-class parents, Osborne's educational journey was marked by rebellion, leading him to leave school early.
- Osborne's breakthrough play, "Look Back in Anger" (1956), remains one of his most notable works, despite creating many significant plays afterward.
- His career spanned theater, television, and cinema, but he gradually shifted focus from rebellion to more personal and intimate themes.
- Despite professional accomplishments, Osborne experienced personal turmoil, including troubled relationships and a sense of failure later in life.
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John Osborne e il movimento Angry Young
The Playright whose works not only drew international attention to the new-born Angry Young Movement but revitalized the post-war English theater by bringing a new kind of realism through the use of surprisingly new aggressive language and a passionate criticism of the Establishment. John Osborne was born in London in 1929 of working-class parents (his father was a copywriter and his mother a barmaid). He was educated first in London and then in Devonshire, but he was a rebel who found school intolerable. He therefore left early and worked at a variety of jobs, including journalism. He then abandoned the latter fr the theater, working for some years with a touring company, first as actor, then as a stage manager.
Successo e declino di Osborne
His first stage success was Look Back in Anger (May 8th, 1956), and this has remained of the most impressive of this works, although he produced a number of significant plays since then. After the immense success of this play, Osborne worked widely in both the theater, television and cinema. In his later works he gradually modified the earlier rebelliousness, so conspicuous in his most famous play, to more personal, intimate themes.
Carattere difficile e vita personale
He was a hard person to deal with. He abused friends and wives (he had five, one of whom committed suicide). He died in 1994 with a sense of failure at his declining career as a playwright, the same sense of failure which, two years before, had led him to describe himself in his last play, Dèja-vu, as " a spokesman for no one but myself; with deeding effect, cruelly abusive, unable to be coherent about my despair".
Opere principali di Osborne
The best of Osborne's work includes:
-Look Back in Anger (1956).
-Epitaph for George Dillon (1955).
-The Entertainer.
-Luther (1961).
-Inadmissable Evidence.
-Dejà-vu.
Domande da interrogazione
- Qual è stato l'impatto di John Osborne sul teatro inglese del dopoguerra?
- Qual è stata l'opera che ha segnato il primo grande successo di Osborne?
- Come si è evoluta la carriera di Osborne dopo il successo iniziale?
John Osborne ha rivitalizzato il teatro inglese del dopoguerra introducendo un nuovo realismo e una critica appassionata dell'Establishment, attirando l'attenzione internazionale sul movimento degli Angry Young Men.
Il primo grande successo di Osborne è stato "Look Back in Anger", rappresentato per la prima volta l'8 maggio 1956, che rimane una delle sue opere più impressionanti.
Dopo il successo di "Look Back in Anger", Osborne ha lavorato ampiamente nel teatro, televisione e cinema, modificando gradualmente la ribellione iniziale verso temi più personali e intimi nelle sue opere successive.
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