{"product_id":"9781840020373","title":"Plays for England","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePlays for England\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): John Osborne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Osborne (1929-1994) was the leading playwright of the post-war British theatre revival: a rennaissance that is said to have started when his Look Back in Anger was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre. It led to the coining of the phrase 'angry young man', which applied not only to Osborne but also to many new writers who criticised the system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But Osborne was not a conventional revolutionary; his attack on the present was in fact a mourning for the loss of past values, a stance that became clearer in his later plays. The Blood of the Bambergs, the first of the two companion \"Plays for England\" (1963), is a satirical account of a royal wedding. The second play, Under Plain Cover depicts a marriage in crisis that becomes a tabloid 'human interest’ story. Watch it Come Down (1975) is the story of a man waiting for death, while his friends trash and scar each other around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is children's theatre at its best… Anthony Clark's adaptation is both delightful and moving\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Anthony Clark's adaptations have become justly regarded as unmissable seasonable entertainment… A wondrous children's musical guaranteed to crack the hardest of adult hearts… No neat moral yarn, but a humorous and haunting fable' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A skilful and enchanting stage version of a 1950s classic' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is perhaps the most audacious statement ever made on the English stage” —\u003ci\u003eKenneth Tynan, Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“His spiritual barbarism and magnificent of contempt are doubly refreshing next to the mealy-mouthed winnowing of much over-praised contemporary playwrights” —\u003ci\u003eMichael Coveney, Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781840020373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Oberon Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40816683090126,"sku":"9781840020373","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_0338db0f-66a1-41d4-ae51-7f69ff23b2a7.jpg?v=1642838088","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781840020373","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}