John Osborne
Author
Language
English
Description
Jimmy Porter barely ekes out a living running a candy stall by day and playing jazz trumpet by night. Although he usually takes his frustrations out on his emotionless wife, Jimmy's scathing tongue and self-loathing seems destined to destroy everything. Set in the UK at the dawn of the 60's social unrest, this savage morality tale spawned the phrase “angry young man.” This recording also includes an interview with Dan Rebellato, author of "1956...
2) The Darkness
Author
Language
English
Description
ABOUT THE BOOK
Jimmy Durham and his roommate, Seth Williams, two students at the University of Morganburg in Morganburg, Virginia, move to a basement apartment for their senior year. On the day of the move, Jimmy learns his girlfriend is murdered. Before her death, she had told him she was working on a shocking story about the town and the campus, but she was killed before she could reveal what she had discovered. Feeling like he's getting no help...
Author
Series
Plays ; 1
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
This is the first of three volumes of John Osborne's plays and includes the title play, "Dejavu"--Which returns to the character of Jimmy Porter 35 years on - as well as "The World of Paul Slickey" and "Epitaph for George Dillon."
Author
Publisher
Criterion Books
Pub. Date
[1957]
Language
English
Description
Jimmy Porter is a university graduate who rejects middle class dreams and operates a candy stall in a local flea market. His wife, Alison, endures his anger and frustration because of his intense love. But when an actress friend of Alison's temporarily moves in with them, Jimmy becomes a twisted figure of bitterness and pain as disillusionment and anger overtake him.
Author
Publisher
Criterion Books
Pub. Date
[1958]
Language
English
Description
Set in a boarding house in a large English coastal resort and a seedy third rate music-hall, Archie Rice is a troubled performer, and the head of a dysfunctional family. He performs twice nightly in a revue that relies heavily upon its nude tableaus to bring in business. Set against the backdrop of the Suez Crisis, the decline of the music hall becomes a metaphor for the decline of Britain as a world power. Osborne alternates fraught and drink-fuelled...
Author
Publisher
Criterion Books
Pub. Date
[1958]
Language
English
Description
This is an early John Osborne play, one of two plays that he wrote in collaboration with Anthony Creighton. In this play, George Dillon is a dedicated but jobless actor, an ambitious and serious playwright. But as the months go by and no parts are offered, his manuscripts returned, his life becomes a nightmare of anonymity, petty debt, and enforced idleness. When he goes to live with the Elliot family, the nightmare changes but does not lift. Eventually,...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press, Inc
Pub. Date
1966.
Language
English
Description
The blood of the Bambergs: British Princess Melanie of Bamberg is to be married to Prince Willy, heir to the throne of another kingdom. On his way to the wedding, Willy is killed in a road accident. State officials do not know what to do. The marriage is crucial for the future of the nation - especially as the next in line for the throne, the prince's brother, is a flagrant homosexual, unlikely to produce an heir. They discover that Russell, a brash...