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“If one word applied to that post-war decade it was inertia. Enthusiasm there was not, in this climate of fatigue. Jimmy Porter was hurt because things had remained the same. Colonel Redfern grieved that everything had changed. They were both wrong, but that was hard to see at the time.”

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Looking Back: Never Explain, Never Apologise

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John Osborne
John Osborne

John Osborne, born on December 12, 1929 and died on December 24, 1994, was a renowned British playwright. His works are known for their realistic style and have had a profound impact on 20th-century British theater. His most famous work, 'Look Back in Anger,' which was first performed in 1956, marked the beginning of the 'Angry Young Men' movement in British drama. more

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