John Osborne
(1929-1994), Playwright, autobiographer and actorJohn James Osborne
Sitter in 21 portraits
Playwright and actor. Osborne burst onto the scene with his controversial first play Look Back in Anger , which premiered at the Royal Court Theatre on 8 May 1956. This seminal work, with its protagonist Jimmy Porter, the 'angry young man', irreversibly changed the course of British drama and put the Court on the map as a home for rebellious young writers. Further plays at the Court included The Entertainer (1957), Epitaph for George Dillon (with Anthony Creighton, 1958) and Inadmissible Evidence (1964).
by Daniel Farson
bromide print, 1956
NPG P292
by Douglas Glass, for Paul Popper
vintage print, 1950s
NPG x194303
by Daniel Farson
vintage contact sheet, July 1956
NPG x22192
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, July 1956
NPG x14175
by Mark Gerson
bromide print, 1957
NPG x32734
by Mark Gerson
bromide print, 1957
NPG x20115
by P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd
vintage print, 13 September 1959
NPG x194155
by Mark Gerson
cibachrome print from original transparency, August 1981
NPG x88236
by Mark Gerson
bromide print, 1981
NPG x20116
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