Look Back in AngerJimmy Porter, frustrated and bitter in his drab flat, lives with his middle-class wife, Alison. Also sharing the flat is Cliff who keeps things tenuously together. Alison's friend Helen arrives and persuades her to leave Jimmy only to fall for him herself. When Alison becomes pregnant, Helen leaves the couple. This play originally opened at the Royal Court Theatre in 1956 and has since proved to be a milestone in the history of theater. |
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ACT | 9 |
Grins Oh yes yes yes I like to eat Id like to live | 23 |
ACT II | 39 |
Copyright | |
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ALISON anyway armchair arms round Art of Fugue bandage banging bears and squirrels beautiful believe better bongo drums boyo chair chest of drawers cigarette CLIFF COLONEL comes damned darling dear dressing table Edwardian Emily Brontë everything eyes face feel floor food cupboard fool friends gas stove girl give goes Greek Chorus guerrilla warfare hand handbag head Helena looks Hugh Hugh's hurt ironing board jazz Jimmy's kick kisses knew listen Madeline married mean mind Miss Drury mother mouse Mummy and Daddy never Nigel nods paper Perhaps picks polyphony posh pretty quickly remember seems silly symphony simple sits Slight pause somehow someone sorry stands starts stereophonic sound stinks stop Stuart Hibberd suddenly Sunday suppose sweet-stall takes tell Thank There's things thought told tonight trousers trumpet trying turns voice wardrobe What's window women wrong yelling young