When British Playwright John Osborne first looked back in anger, he scarcely turned his head; now he has sighted back some 4½ centuries—to the angriest young man of 1517. Osborne’s newest ...

The 50th anniversary of John Osborne's seminal play Look Back in Anger has been celebrated at the Royal Court, the London theatre where it was first staged. Playwright John Osborne was the original ...

What awards has John Osborne won? John Osborne has won several prestigious awards, including Best Play at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Luther. He also received the Tony Award for ...

Excesses of spleen and puerility are seldom a playwright’s assets. John Osborne, who can rant as forcefully as he rambles pointlessly, would doubtless be a bore as a mellow young man.

On April 26, 2025, the University of Lagos main auditorium played host to ‘Look Back in Gratitude’, a Nigerian adaptation of John Osborne’s ‘Look Back in Anger’, reworked by playwright ...