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Sir Arnold Wesker FRSL (24 May 1932 – 12 April 2016) was an English dramatist. He was the author of 50 plays, four volumes of short stories, two volumes of essays, much journalism and a book on the subject, a children's book, some poetry, and other assorted writings.
Arnold Wesker has a reputation as a social realist and founder member of the New Wave of British theatre of the late 1950s. This is not a bad reputation to have, but in the case of Wesker, it only really accounts for his first five plays, written and performed between 1957 and 1962.
Arnold Wesker. A meek, quiet man named Arnold Wesker (the first Ventriloquist) plans and executes his crimes through a dummy named Scarface, with the dress and persona of a 1920s gangster (complete with pinstripe suit, cigar, and Tommy gun ). His name comes from the nickname of Al Capone, after whom Scarface is modeled. [4] .
Apr 15, 2016 · Arnold Wesker: An angry young man who upset the theatrical establishment. Revivals from Arnold Wesker’s heyday prove the enduring quality of his work, where autobiographical detail went hand in...
Apr 13, 2016 · LONDON — Arnold Wesker, a British playwright who came to prominence in the 1950s with stark dramas about working-class life, many of them influenced by his childhood in a leftist Jewish family in...
ARNOLD WESKER, FRSL, Hon. Litt.D. born London 1932, is the author of 42 plays mainly for the stage, four books of short stories, two collections of essays, a book for young people, three more of non-fiction, and an autobiography.
Arnold Wesker, one of the many English dramatists of the stage revolution that began with John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger in 1956, made his reputation with a trio of plays about the working...
