John Osborne: A Patriot for UsJohn Osborne, original angry young man, defined England in many controversial ways. As iconoclastic as Shaw or Wilde, he changed the face of modern British theatre. This authorized but intimate and informal biography defines Osborne's contradictory genius and shows beneath it the hopelessly romantic English melancholic. |
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The Hurst | 1 |
A Patriot for | 13 |
Every Day is Mothers Day to Me | 31 |
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