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John Osborne - English Playwright (Presentation)

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A handsome man and genius writer, John Osborne, was born Dec. 12, 1929 and died Dec. 24, 1994. He was born and raised in Surrey. He was an English playwright, actor, and screenwriter who wrote with themes based on political and social norms, including perceptions of spirituality. I enjoy John Osborne's work because we share a similar sense of dark humor and wit, as well as "mommy issues." I wish I could write as wittily as he has. Someone once described his plays as  “combined unsparing truthfulness with devastating wi t.” (Wikipedia) At age 18 John Osborne began acting in numerous plays, which is where he fell in love with playwriting. He co-wrote his first play, The Devil Inside Me , with his lover/wife Stella. Osborne described this play as a ‘melodrama about a poetic Welsh loon’ who murders a girl when he  realizes  that she is trying to frame him for sexual assault.' ( bl.uk ) Osborne has been married 5 times and is believed to be bisexual. John