Look Back in Anger Alison irons, just as her mother had done in "Look Back". The play was not a commercial success, closing after seven weeks. It was Osborne's last play. Look Back in Anger Look Back in Anger (1956) is a realist play written by John Osborne. It focuses on the life and marital struggles of an intelligent and educated but disaffected young man of working class origin, Jimmy Porter, and his equally competent yet impassive upper-middle-class wife Alison. The supporting characters include Cliff Lewis, an amiable Welsh lodger who attempts to keep the peace, and Helena Charles, Alison's snobbish friend. Osborne drew
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