John Osborne
The playwright John Osborne was the archetypal example, and his signature play Look Back in Anger (1956) attracted attention to a style of drama contrasting strongly with the genteel and understated works of Terence Rattigan which had been in fashion. Osborne's The Entertainer (1957) secured his reputation, with Laurence Olivier playing the protagonist Archie Rice.
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“Damn you, England. You’re rotting now, and quite soon you’ll disappear. My hate will outrun you yet if only for a few seconds. I wish it could be eternal.”
—John Osborne (b. 1929)