Tag: John Osborne
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A Day by the Sea, Southwark Playhouse
Friday 6th October 2017
reviewClassic 1953 play by the English Chekhov is fascinating, but rather dated in its…
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John Osborne on journalism
Wednesday 4th January 2017
blogOne from the archives: “I must make myself clear about this question of identity…
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On the Wesker Celebration
Monday 10th October 2016
blogYesterday, I was extremely glad to attend the Wesker Celebration, which was orga…
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The Entertainer
Tuesday 6th September 2016
blogText of the day: “And do you know why?”
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Time to Retire? (New Writing 2015-16)
Thursday 1st September 2016
writingAgainst the grain: the Critic meanders through his rancid recollections of a bad…
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The Entertainer, Garrick Theatre
Tuesday 30th August 2016
reviewKenneth Branagh’s final show in his West End season is a revival that is slick, …
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John Osborne on playwriting
Tuesday 30th August 2016
blogQuote of the day: “I want to make people feel, to give them lessons in feeling.”
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Peter Whitebrook on John Osborne
Tuesday 5th January 2016
blogQuote of the day: “Anger was not so much a new beginning as a new movement in th…
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About The Blue Touch Paper
Sunday 8th November 2015
blogDavid Hare is one of those playwrights who talks with enormous imaginative sympa…
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