Tag: John Osborne
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Don’t Destroy Me, Arcola Theatre
Monday 15th January 2024
reviewForgotten play by the author of Tom & Viv is realistic, but lacks dramatic focus…
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Dearest Squirrel: Johnny and Pam Osborne’s long-lasting love
Saturday 1st July 2023
writingThe love affair between playwright and actor lasted far beyond their early divor…
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Greg Hersov on Look Back in Anger
Monday 9th January 2023
blogBook of the week: Greg Hersov, who joined the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchest…
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John Osborne on the Monarchy
Monday 19th September 2022
blogQuote of the day: “My objection to the Royalty is that it is dead; it is the gol…
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Mark Ravenhill play crashes the Royal Court computer
Thursday 24th March 2022
blogOne from the archives: Mark Ravenhill’s 1996 play, Shopping and Fucking, had the…
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Angry Young Man gets blue plaque
Saturday 8th May 2021
blogToday is the 65th anniversary of the Royal Court opening of John Osborne’s Look …
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About Caretaker
Tuesday 12th May 2020
blogWe are living, I have frequently been told, through weird times.
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Johnny makes a point
Saturday 3rd August 2019
blogOne from the archives: John Osborne's Look Back in Anger (Royal Court, 1956) is …
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Bodies, Southwark Playhouse
Friday 15th February 2019
reviewTerrific revival of largely forgotten playwright James Saunders’s 1977 modern cl…
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