From John Osborne to Howard Brenton, many fine playwrights have suffered periods of neglect " but, as Peter Nichols's resurgence shows, dramatic fortunes can rise as well as fallIt's notoriously difficult to maintain a long career as a playwright. Despite having written Look Back in Anger, one of the landmark plays of the 20th century, John Osborne (1929-94) had no new plays staged in Britain for 16 years between Wat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:05AM on January 11, 2013