The Entertainer (play) Holm as Jean and Bertie Carvel as Frank. In 1960, a paperback novelization by John Burke was published by Four Square Books to coincide with the release of the film. Though the attribution line says "based on the play", it is actually based on the screenplay by Osborne and Nigel Kneale. The Entertainer (play) The Entertainer is a three-act play by John Osborne, first produced in 1957. His first play, "Look Back in Anger", had attracted mixed notices but a great deal of publicity. Having depicted an "angry young man" in the earlier play, Osborne wrote at Laurence Olivier's request
John Robert Porter John Robert Porter John Robert Porter (born 5 January 1953) is an English billionaire businessman and philanthropist, best known as the grandson of Sir Jack Cohen, founder of Tesco and son of Dame Shirley Porter. When John Porter was young, he was given £4 million by his grandfather, Sir Jack Cohen, the founder of Tesco. He was educated at Highgate School and obtained degrees from Oxford, the Institute d’Etudes Politiques in Paris, and Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he has also served on the advisory council. In 1985 Porter became chairman of Verifone and remained a director until the