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1、ROYALLYCEUMTHEATRECOMPANYlookbackinangerJOHNOSBORNEResourcePackJanuary2005contents1IntroContext2JohnOsborneBiography3HistoricalContext4Kitchen-sinkDramaandtheAngryYoungMen5PremièreattheRoyalCourtThePlay6Synopsis7Characters8Structure9–10Style,LanguageandThemesTheLy
2、ceumProduction11Cast12TheFirstProductionMeeting13–14Set15–16Costumes17–18Directing19DramaExercises20StudyQuestions“Whydon’tweplayalittlegame?Let’spretendthatwe’rehumansandthatwe’reactuallyalive”JIMMYIntroNationalPortraitGallery,LondonInMay1956,JohnOsborne’splayLoo
3、kBackinAngerpremieredattheRoyalCourtTheatre,London.No-one,especiallynotOsbornehimself,couldhavepredictedthehugeimpactthisunknownwriterwouldhaveontheatreatthetimeandsince.Hisplayexplodedconservativetheatricalconventionsandspoketoadissatisfiedyounggeneration.Itwasahu
4、gesuccessandpavedthewayforawholegenerationofangryintellectuals,determinedtoportraytheworldasitwasfortheyoungworkingclasses,agroupignoredbytheatreinthepast.Today,althoughitscontemporaryimpacthasfaded,itisstillavibrantandoftenshockingpieceofdrama.Thestoryoffouryoung
5、peoplestrugglingtolivetogetherandloveeachotherisattimesdeeplyupsetting.JimmyPorter’svenomousrelationshiptotheworldandthepeoplehelovesisfrighteninginitsfuryandtragicinitsvulnerability.Notsimplyamuseumpiece,LookBackinAngerrepresentstheangeranddisillusionmentofyoungp
6、eopletodayasmuchasitdidthoseinthe50s.Also,therichnessofthelanguageandthesimpletheatricalityoftheworkmeanthatithasstoodthetestoftime.However,itisthefactthatthecharactersarenotsimplyrepresentativesofayounggeneration,butcomplex,sympatheticandentertainingthatmakesaudi
7、encesrelatetoitaswelltodayastheydidin1956.LookBackinAnger>1JohnOsbornebiographyLookBackinAngerisconsideredtobestronglyInthesixties,OsbornecontinuedtoproduceinfluencedbyOsborne’sownlife.Hewasbornworkthatwaswellreceived,includingonDecember12,1929,inLondon.HisfatherLu
8、thor(1961),aplayabouttheleaderofthewasawhite-collar,middle-classman;anReformation,andInadmissibleEvidence(1965),advertisingcopywriterwhomarriedabarmaid.
