Twentieth-century English literature Terence Rattigan and Noël Coward were challenged in the 1950s by these Angry Young Men, in plays like John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" (1956). Arnold Wesker and Nell Dunn also brought social concerns to the stage. Again in the 1950s, the absurdist play "Waiting for Godot" (1955) (originally "En attendant Godot", 1952), by Irish writer Samuel Beckett profoundly affected British drama. The Theatre of the Absurd influenced Harold Pinter (born 1930), author of (The Birthday Party, 1958), whose works are often characterised by menace or claustrophobia. Beckett also influenced Tom Stoppard (born 1937) ("Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead", 1966).
James Crawford (playwright) such injustice first hand, Crawford became involved in movements defending the rights of Aboriginal people. He wrote a number of articles predominantly for the "Queensland Guardian" regarding the rights of Indigenous Australians. His articles focused on a conference in Cairns on 1–2 December 1962, which Crawford attended. The conference was called together by the Cairns branch of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Advancement League in order to create equal working conditions for Aboriginals. James Crawford (playwright) James (Jim) Crawford (6 February 1908 – 11 November 1973) was an Australian playwright and commentator who wrote political plays, feature articles for