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
Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet, MP (died 11 April 1743), was an Irish baronet, landowner and politician. The younger son of Nicholas Osborne (died 25 December 1714) and wife Anne "née" Parsons, and grandson of Sir Thomas Osborne, 5th Baronet. He succeeded his brother, Sir Nicholas Osborne, 6th Baronet, in 1719. Educated at the Middle Temple, he practised as a barrister after being called to the Bar at King's Inns, Dublin in 1726. Sir John served as Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons for Lismore from 1719 until 1727 and for Waterford