Ungvári Tamás könyvtárából. Under Plain Cover is a short two-act play by John Osborne, published in his book "Plays for England". It was designed to be shown in a double-bill with another short play, The Blood of the Bambergs. The play is a satirical commentary on sexual hypocrisy. It was the...
NOTE The first professional performance in Great Britain of EPITAPH FOR GEORGE DILLON was given at the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London, on llth February 1958 by the English Stage Company. It was directed by William Gaskill and the décor was by Stephen Doncaster. The cast was as follows:...
THE HUMAN PLAINS Indian tales often begin with the set formula: "Once there was a poor orphan." Perhaps the phrase does in truth reflect man's eternal vision of himself. He yearns for the lost safety of the old instinctive world he has abandoned. Perhaps, in moments of reflection and nostalgia,...
Standpunkte und Entwicklungen neun bedeutender britischer Dramatiker sind Gegenstand dieser Veröffentlichung. Dabei handelt es sich im wesentlichen um Autoren, die sich für eine realistische, volksverbundene und progressive Theaterkunst engagieren, wobei auch Vertreter solcher Strömungen erfaßt...
ACT ONE
constance's fiat in Pimlico. For the present she is sharing it with pamela. There is somé evidence ihat it is lived in by two people with different temperaments and interests. On the whole, the im-pression is rather severe, more a working area than a place to lounge around. The...
Introduction
John Osborne's Life and Works
John Osborne, playwright, screenplay writer, actor and theatre director, was born on 12 December 1929, in Fulham, London. He was the son of Thomas Godfrey Osborne, a lower-middle-class commercial artist and copywriter from Wales, and Nellie Beatrice...
IntroductionTo write an appropriate introduction to this volume on Britain is a formidable task, because the scope and character ofjohn Osborne's work is formidable. I would expect from his pen and his mind an exceptional contribution to the Life World Library, for I learned during my almost four...
ACT I
The Porters' one-room fiat in a large Midland town. Early evening. April.
The scene is a fairly large attic room, at the top of a large Victorian house. The ceiling slopes down quite sharply from L. to R. Down R. are two small low windows. In front of these is a dark oak dressing table....
Részlet a könyvből:
"Porterék egyszobás lakása, egy nagy közép-angliai városban. Estefelé. Április.
A színpad jókora padlásszobát ábrázol, egy múlt századi nagy házban. A mennyezet elég meredeken lejt balról jobbra. A jobb fenéken két alacsony ablakocska nyílik. Előttük...