The Entertainer
by John Osborne
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This play about the life and work of a second-rate music hall comic (brilliantly created by Sir Laurence Olivier in the original production) and staged only eleven months after the opening of Look Back in Anger, secured John Osborne's reputation and has become a classic of 20th century drama.Tags
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Garrick Theatre, London. Closer to 2.5 stars, seems a strange revival - at least in this rather messy production. I can understand the allegory between a faded music hall performer and the post-war/Empire fizzling Britain entangled in the Suez crisis but the play never seemed to really kick into life.
It's a treat to watch Sir Ken Branagh do his thing in person (front row too, through the TodayTix lottery) but the play didn't match the performances.
It's a treat to watch Sir Ken Branagh do his thing in person (front row too, through the TodayTix lottery) but the play didn't match the performances.
Rolle Larry Olivier, verfilmt?
Versione italiana di Amleto Micozzi: L'istrione
Dec 2, 2013Italian
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John Osborne was born on December 12, 1929 in London, England. He was educated at Belmont College, Devon but was expelled after attacking the headmaster. He became involved in theatre, as a stage manager and then as an actor. He started writing plays and two of them, The Devil Inside Her and Personal Enemy, were staged in regional theatres before show more he submitted Look Back in Anger to the newly formed English Stage Company at London's Royal Court Theatre. The company chose the play as the third production to enter repertory. The play became a commercial success, transferring to the West End and to Broadway, and was later filmed with Richard Burton in the leading role. His other plays included The Entertainer, Luther, Inadmissible Evidence, A Patriot for Me, A Hotel in Amsterdam, A Sense of Detachment, and Deja Vu. He also wrote a number of screenplays, mainly adaptations of his own works. He won an Oscar for his 1963 adaptation of Tom Jones. He acted in a few films including Get Carter, Tomorrow Never Comes, and Flash Gordon. He also wrote two autobiographies entitled A Better Class of Person and Almost a Gentleman. He died from complications brought on from his diabetes on December 24, 1994 at the age of 65. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Entertainer (1960 | IMDb)
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