In label of "angry young men" was first used by the Royal Court Theatre's press officer to promote the play, Look Back In Anger by John Osbourne. Following the success of the play the label was later used to describe British writers that were charactersized by some sort of disillusionment with the standard society of England at the time.
Osbournes has been said to be one of the leading members of this movement and it is shown within his plays. You could always see he wanted to express his concerns with society by producing plays that shown controversial moments as well as an immaturity that compared to the impatient youths.
Look back in anger is the main example of what influenced the whole concept of Angry Young Men. The play was wrote to express his feelings towards Englands 1950's society. The main issue was the status issues he would bring up on numerous occasions. This was reffered as "kitchen sink realism" as they would begin to deal with issues of those in lower classes. In years before the play this was never given much attention but as the AYM movement had become more prominent the issues were being more widely acknowledged and accepted.
In LBIA this is shown through the anger of Jimmy Porter. Life quality in Britain post World War was very low for people of lower classes and so Osbourne used this to show how people neglected to help those that truly needed it.
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KITCHEN SINK DRAMA
Becoming more popular in the late 50's and earl 60's, this is considered to be one of the most important movements within British theatre.
It was one to show domestic situations ow working class people often in cramped, rented accomidation. It originally comes from a painting done by 'John Bratby' that had a kitchen sink in. A critic 'David Sylvester' had called an article about the painting "The Kitchen Sink". This sparked an interest within young painters in the domestic situations with the stress of life.
This is evidence of your research into the context of the play and the key style involved. You give an idea of society at the time, but you could be more explicit about the way that this research enabled you to play Alison.
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