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 K. Porter prosecute Charles Guiteau for the assassination of James Garfield in 1881. Porter died on April 11, 1892. The "New York Times" said that Porter, as a lawyer, was "a laborious, keen, strongly-equipped man in nearly every branch of the law." John K. Porter John Kilham Porter (January 12, 1819 – April 11, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a leading lawyer during his lifetime on the New York Bar. He was considered a remarkable crack lawyer, who was able to practice, in nearly every branch of the law. John Kilham Porter was born on