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.". 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.įirst produced in 1956, Look Back in Anger launched a revolution in the English theater. 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 o Electrifying in its urgency, cauterizing in its wit, this play blasted a gaping hole in the conventions of British drama.
Electrifying in its urgency, cauterizing in its wit, this play blasted a gaping hole in the conventions of British drama.
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