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Look Back in Anger/Roots review " double bill of 1950s gamechanging kitchen sink dramas by Arifa Akbar

Almeida theatre, LondonWatching John Osborne's fulminating Jimmy Porter feels curiously cold, while the same cast bring subtleties to Arnold Wesker's classic The "angry young man" has not aged so well. At least, not John Osborne's pugilistic sweet-stall seller in Look Back in Anger (★★☆☆☆). Having erupted on to the stage in 1956, he looks like a charmless, self-pitying tyrant here who we…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM on October 2, 2024

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