Writing Resources
Izzy McMahon DOB March 13 2000 Current Location My House January 8 2018 6 24 p m Mr Mazzella British Literature A4 Parish Episcopal School 4101 Sigma Rd Dallas TX 75244 United States North America Earth Honor Bound Lettuce Play Report Look Back in Anger by John Osborne Look Back in Anger is a play written by British actor and playwright John Osborne in 1956 after World War II With Look Back in Anger John Osborne became the first to write a successful Kitchen Sink drama which is a phrase used to describe the 1950s and 1960s British cultural movement Look Back in Anger is considered a Kitchen Sink drama because it criticizes the generation of people after World War II and sheds light on the issues that were happening in England at the time In general Kitchen Sink dramas demonstrate a type of social realism aspect and their characters tend to deviate from modern society and bring attention to many societal issues John Osborne changed British playwriting by playing an integral role in the rise of Kitchen Sink dramas which focused more on the lower class and injustices surrounding them as opposed to England's previous style which mainly consisted of rulers and the wealthy class John Osborne s writing is well known for creating an unsettling disturbing feeling in his audience because of his intense writing and his refusal to shield his audience from uncomfortable topics by censoring his scripts
