Osborne, John 1929-1994

Luther : a play by John Osborne ( Book )
38 editions published between 1961 and 1994 in English and German and held by 2,018 libraries worldwide

Look back in anger : a play in three acts by John Osborne ( Book )
50 editions published between 1956 and 2003 in English and held by 1,863 libraries worldwide
Osborne's play set the pattern for the "angry young man" anti-hero, alienated from himself and from society.

Inadmissible evidence; a play by John Osborne ( Book )
24 editions published between 1963 and 1974 in English and held by 1,642 libraries worldwide

The entertainer, a play by John Osborne ( Book )
56 editions published between 1957 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 1,553 libraries worldwide

Look back in anger ( Visual )
26 editions published between 1959 and 2009 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 943 libraries worldwide
Jimmy Porter is a university graduate who rejects middle class dreams and operates a candy stall in a local flea market. His wife, Allison, endures his anger and frustration because of his intense love. But when an actress friend of Allison's temporarily moves in with them, Jimmy becomes a twisted figure of bitterness and pain as disillusionment and anger overtake him.

Tom Jones ( Visual )
19 editions published between 1963 and 2007 in English and Multiple languages and held by 943 libraries worldwide
Lusty tale set in 18th century England. Birthed by a local woman but raised by the village squire, Tom Jones grows up to be a handsome young man with a way with women. He loves the daughter of a neighboring landowner, and falls into many adventures in pursuit of her, including duels, bedroom romps and prison!

Epitaph for George Dillon, a play in three acts by John Osborne ( Book )
14 editions published between 1958 and 1968 in English and held by 829 libraries worldwide
This is an early John Osborne play, one of two plays that he wrote in collaboration with Anthony Creighton. In this play, George Dillon is a dedicated but jobless actor, an ambitious and serious playwright. But as the months go by and no parts are offered, his manuscripts returned, his life becomes a nightmare of anonymity, petty debt, and enforced idleness. When he goes to live with the Elliot family, the nightmare changes but does not lift. Eventually, George Dillon forges his "success". Yet, his epitaph is a judgment on all of us: "He never allowed himself one day of peace. He made no one happy. He loved no one successfully. And, in the end, it doesn't really matter."

Look back in anger by John Osborne ( Book )
62 editions published between 1957 and 2009 in 10 languages and held by 826 libraries worldwide
Jimmy Porter plays trumpet badly. He browbeats his flatmate, terrorizes his wife, and is not above sleeping with her best friend-who loathes Jimmy almost as much as he loathes himself. Yet this working-class Hamlet, the original Angry Young Man, is one of the most mesmerizing characters ever to burst onto a stage, a malevolently vital, volcanically articulate internal exile in the dreary, dreaming Siberia of postwar England. First produced in 1956, Look Back in Anger launched a revolution in the English theater. Savagely, sadly, and always impolitely, it compels readers and audiences to acknowledge the hidden currents of rottenness and rage in what used to be called "the good life."

A better class of person : an autobiography by John Osborne ( Book )
17 editions published between 1981 and 2004 in English and held by 734 libraries worldwide

A patriot for me by John Osborne ( Book )
22 editions published between 1956 and 2004 in 5 languages and held by 728 libraries worldwide