Look Back in Anger | Essays and Criticism
- Importance of This Play When First Produced and Why It's Still Dynamic Today
In this essay he discusses elements that made Osborne's play important when it was first produced and why it remains a dynamic play today.
- Review of Look Back in Anger (1957) in On Stage Selected Reviews From the New York Times, 1920-1970
In this review that was originally published on October 2,1957, the critic cheers Osbome's play as "the most vivid British play of the decade." The critic lauds Look Back in Anger for its courage to challenge complacency and the common perceptions regarding everyday life.
- Review of Look Back in Anger
In this review of a 1957 New York production of Osborne's play, Clurman examines the motivations for Jimmy Porter's anger—which spring from sources that the critic feels are not immediately evident to American viewers. While generally laudatory, the author feels that the playwright's talents have been overstated but that his talent clearly promises that greatness in the future.
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