#john osbourne

[consanguinitatum]

From the Archive: The Sheenant Chronicles, Look Back In Anger

Today I'm revisiting the first post of a series my colleague Amy McGrath of Write Hear and I did together last year called ‘The Sheenant Chronicles’.

We're currently working on a new one about Romeo and Juliet, but for now, if you're not familiar with the series, I encourage you to check this one out.

It highlights the performances of David Tennant and Michael Sheen in the role of Jimmy Porter in the seminal 1956 John Osbourne play, Look Back in Anger!

From The Archive: The Sheenant Chronicles, 'Look Back In Anger'

…Amy McGrath of 'Write Hear' and I compare and contrast the performance of Jimmy Porter through the eyes of David Tennant...and Michael Shee

[ometochtli2rabbit]

His impact was monumental, his story was like no another and he meant so much to many of us growing up to his music. Outside of hip hop, before I even knew what the genre was, he was one of my musical idols. Blizzard of Oz and Diary of a Mad Man blew my young mind. Later finding his work in Black Sabbath cemented him as one of my favorite artists ever. The legend that he is, he blessed us with one last performance before saying good bye and people will now realize how special that was. He’s gone but will never be forgotten. Long live the spirit of Ozzy.

B-Real of Cypress Hill

OZZY RIP

It’s impossible to put into words what Ozzy Osbourne has meant to Metallica.  Hero, icon, pioneer, inspiration, mentor, and most of all, friend are a few that come to mind.  Ozzy and Sharon believed in us and transformed our lives and careers.  He taught us how to play in the big leagues while at the same time being warm, welcoming, engaging, and all around brilliant.

We are heartbroken and devastated by this loss and send our love and condolences to Sharon and their family, bandmates, and his very large circle of friends. He left an incredible legacy and will be sorely missed.

Metallica

Farewell Ozzy … what a journey … sail on up there .. finally at peace .. you truly changed the planet of rock!

Robert Plant

[ameuluvs]

Never expected to like black sabbath, wonder what else of their works i would like?

[zippocreed501]

Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice

The Entertainer (1960)

[cherryfloyd-blog]

Every band has a member named John, it just be like it is sometimes

[mrdirtybear]

British playwright, screenwriter and actor, and one of the original ‘angry young men’ John Osbourne (1929-94). Including adaptations of works by other playwrights Osbourne wrote nearly forty theatre plays television plays and film scripts between 1950 and 1992. As a film actor he had parts in ‘Get Carter’ (1971) and ‘Flash Gordon’ (1980), for a diabetic vegetarian he led the fullest of lives.   

[bookkwots]

"I'll have to write and ask them to put hyphens in between the syllables for you."

Look Back In Anger – John Osbourne

[slashdementia7734]

Ozzy Osbourne, 1975.

Long before that shit-dumpster wife of his (Sharon) came along & ruined him for the rest us / the rest of his life...