John Osborne John Osborne John James Osborne (Fulham, London, 12 December 1929 – 24 December 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter and actor, known for his excoriating prose and intense critical stance towards established social and political norms. The success of his 1956 play "Look Back in Anger" transformed English theatre. In a productive life of more than 40 years, Osborne explored many themes and genres, writing for stage, film and TV. His personal life was extravagant and iconoclastic. He was notorious for the ornate violence of his language, not only on behalf of the political causes he supported but also against
John Porter-Porter John Porter-Porter John Porter-Porter (3 April 1855–10 August 1939) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. He was born John Porter Archdale on 3 April 1855, the son of Nicholas Montgomery Archdale of Crock-na-crieve, co. Fermanagh. He studied at The King's School, Worcester and Caius College, Cambridge, then resided at Belle Isle in County Fermanagh. He adopted his unusual surname of Porter-Porter in 1876, replacing Archdale with Porter, in accordance with the terms of an inheritance. He served as a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant of Co. Longford and was appointed High Sheriff of Longford for 1879 and as High Sheriff