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
John Osborne (barrister) and ungratefully". His prestige had sunk so low that his office was offered to Sir John Meade, who had previously been regarded as ineligible for any Crown appointment on the ground that his wife was a Roman Catholic. Osborne was dismissed from office in November 1692 and died suddenly soon afterwards. He had married a daughter of his uncle William Draper: he is not known to have had any children. John Osborne (barrister) John Osborne (c.1630-1692) was an English barrister and Law Officer who spent much of his life in Ireland. He was the only surviving son of the celebrated