A Better Class of Person

A Better Class of Person

A Better Class of Person (1981) is an autobiography written by dramatist John Osborne and published in 1981. Based on Osborne's childhood and early life, it ends with the first performance of Look Back in Anger at the Royal Court Theatre in 1956. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=nV4fmt0q7EIC&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=%22a+better+class+of+person%22+osborne&source=web&ots=SC6OaP-CYE&sig=ScM6dTZKzCVvUeSeakYVBOsww9E#PPR1,M1 John Osborne: A Reading of His Life and Work By Luc Maurice Gilleman, published by Routledge] ] A sequel, "Almost a Gentleman", was published in 1991.

The autobiography was preceded by a screenplay entitled "Too Young To Fight, Too Old To Forget" which was filmed by Thames TV in July 1985 under the title "A Better Class of Person", directed by Frank Cvitanovich, with Eileen Atkins and Alan Howard as his parents and Gary Capelin and Neil McPherson as Osborne. The television film was nominated for the Prix Italia. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446657/ IMDB Entry for "A Better Class of Person"] ] [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4DD1731F936A15750C0A961948260 New York Times Review] ]

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