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John James Osborne
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12 December 1929 - 24 December 1994
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(1929–1994)
1929-94, English playwright. He began his theatre career as an actor and playwright in provincial English theaters. Almost all of Osborne's plays focus on individual character rather than action. His first success was his work Look Back in Wrath (1956), which describes a restless and vociferous young working-class man at war with himself and society. Other plays by Osborne show the meaninglessness of a life for which there is no hope and which is filled with false values. Osborne's
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(1929–1994)
1929-94, English playwright. He began his theatre career as an actor and playwright in provincial English theaters. Almost all of Osborne's plays focus on individual character rather than action.
His first success was his work Look Back in Wrath (1956), which describes a restless and vociferous young working-class man at war with himself and society.
Other plays by Osborne show the meaninglessness of a life for which there is no hope and which is filled with false values. Osborne's other plays include Conferance (1957), Luther (1961), The Innocent Case (1964), Patriot for Me (1965), The End of My Old Cigar (1974), Deja vu (1991) and others.