The Ascension of John Osborne by Charles Marowitz

In 1962 Charles Marowitz wrote a piece commenting on Osborne's Luther that was less of a review and more of a reflection on how this specific play fits in to the cannon of his earlier works. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, many people saw Luther as a turning point in the style of Osborne's writing but in this piece Marowitz argues against this seemingly prevailing opinion. The article draws on the common theme of bitterness in almost all of Osborne's plays and who the theme is still carried through into Luther. He also looks at the representation of religion of godly figures in previous works by Osborne, arguing once again that this is not a new style of works for the great English playwright. Here's the link so you can read it yourself:

The Acension of John Osborne (by Charles Marowitz)

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