Throughout the period, two generations of playwrights and theatregoers transformed the theatre into a forum in which they could articulate and explore the interaction of their interpersonal relationships with the wider political sphere. Each one is analysed in terms of its social context: the influence of World War II, the testing of gender roles, the development of the Welfare State and changes in family patterns, and the impact of feminist, Left-wing and gay politics. Juxtaposing the period before 1968, when statutory censorship was still in force, with the years following its abolition, Wandor scrutinises the key plays of, among others, Osborne, Pinter, Wesker, Arden, and Delaney. Wandor investigates the representation of the family and different forms of sexuality in these plays and re-reviews them from a perspective that throws into sharp relief the function of gender as an important determinant of plot, setting and the portrayal of character. In this challenging book, first published in 1987, Michelene Wandor looks at the best-known plays in the thirty years prior to publication, from Look Back in Anger onwards. Look Back in Gender Routledge Revivals Book Description :
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The present book has brought to the surface the hidden contours of the thematic layers as we delve deep into the text and lucidly examine its socio-human nuances. Undoubtedly, Look Back in Anger, is painful in its accuracy and immediacy. That is why this angry young man fumes, rages, nags at a world which he finds as out of joint. The hero of the play, Jimmy Porter, who hails from the working class, is provided with an intellect which only shows him that everything that might have justified pride in the old England (its opportunity, adventure, material well-being, etc.) has disappeared without being replaced by anything worthwhile. In fact, with Osbornes Look Back in Anger officially began a new Movement in the British drama. It is a genuine drama about real events and people.
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Since then John Osborne gained worldwide attention as one of the most provocative and gifted dramatists writing in English in the later - half of the 20th century. Look Back in Anger was first performed in Britain at the Royal Court Theatre on : it immediately became the outstanding dramatic success.