John Osborne

Brave new writing

spectator.co.uk     04-Sep-2008          

Alan Sillitoe is 80 this year and his debut novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning was published in October 1958, almost exactly half a century ago. The novel evolved from a set of stories written between 1952 and 1958...                    

'Pansy' allowed in 1950s theatre "but not bugger"

telegraph.co.uk     26-Aug-2008   1 related          

Theatre directors were told in the 1950s that they could use the word "pansy" in plays tackling the subject of homosexuality - but not the word "bugger". By Stephen Adams, Arts Correspondent Other strictures, revealed in a...                    

The art of politician-bashing

guardian.co.uk     13-Aug-2008          

Writers, actors and other artists are always putting the boot into politicians - except when they are greasing up to them So. David Hare is taking a pop at New Labour, Charlotte Higgins reports in today's Guardian. David Hare...                    

Obituary: Terence Rigby

guardian.co.uk     12-Aug-2008   25 related          

When in 1982 BBC Television wanted to provide Tom Baker as Sherlock Holmes with a worthy Dr Watson, instead of settling for a bumbling and ineffectual dimwit, they chose Terence Rigby, who has died aged 71 of lung cancer. Born...                    

Billy Graham to appear in another movie?

filmchatblog.blogspot.com     12-Aug-2008   9 related          

The Billy Graham biopic Billy: The Early Years is currently scheduled to come out in October, and when I first mentioned it here back in March, I noted that the only other films to have featured actors playing Billy Graham seem...                    

Stage Reviews: Modern messages found in Shaw fest trio

post-gazette.com     12-Aug-2008          

By Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Neil Barclay and Deborah Hay star in "After the Dance." This is a useful corrective to the theater history truism that the mid-20th-century theater typified by Rattigan, Maugham...                    

Learning Limestone Country Project Celebrates Completion

daelnet.co.uk     11-Aug-2008          

The summer rain did not manage to dampen the spirits of friends and colleagues coming together to celebrate the completion of the Learning in Limestone Country Project. For many of the people who had been involved with the...                    

The Observer profile: David Tennant

guardian.co.uk     10-Aug-2008   4 related          

Long before he became the most successful Doctor Who ever, the versatile Scottish actor was picked out for stage stardom. So it should be no surprise that his Hamlet has been praised by audiences and critics alike David...                    

KEITH WATERHOUSE: Six million cubic feet of loose gas

dailymail.co.uk     03-Aug-2008   1 related          

Today's column is very probably a case of the blind leading the blind. I except from this possibility any gas inspectors, meter readers or others of a gaseous persuasion who may be among my readers. To them, my abject apologies.                    

IT'LL SELL FOR MORE THAN A SONG

drudgereport.com     03-Aug-2008   1 related          

August 3, 2008 - 'I'M AS corny as Kansas in August!" sings Nellie Forbush. THE FAMED Rodgers & Ham merstein Music Publishing business, run by Ted Chapin, has put itself on the market for a mere $250 million. This seems like as...                    

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