Chiswick Timeline of Writers & Books: A Quick Guide
From the Writers Trail:
10. John Osborne 1929-1994. Dramatist: Living on Chiswick houseboat, sent script of Look Back In Anger to George Devine of the English Stage Company, who rowed out to option it for £25 in 1955. Oscar, Best Adapted Screenplay 1963 (Tom Jones).
Cubitts Yacht Basin, now Chiswick Quay, W4 3UR (Private estate)
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John Osborne: a natural dissenter who changed the face of British theatre – Michael Billington, The Guardian
Photograph of Osborne on Chiswick houseboat: Picture Post
Fifty Years of Anger by Mark Lawson: The Guardian (see extract and image below)
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Commemorative plaque for Chiswick home of actor Donald Pleasance
(who appeared in Tony Richardson’s film of Look Back in Anger in 1959)
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Extract below:
Chiswick Timeline Writers Trail
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The Chiswick Timeline of Writers & Books lists almost 500 writers who have written a book and lived in Chiswick W4, or written books about the area. See A Quick Guide.