The Independent - London, January 1st, 1996
FOR HIS service to the English theatre, John Osborne has earn-ed a place in heaven. But if he is up there, even with unlimited stocks of champagne, I don't think he will have enjoyed his first week. I see him retreating to his cloud after an acri moniousRoyal Court reunion with Tony Richardson and Lindsay Anderson, and then turning black with rage as he scans the newspaper obits and finds the critics eagerly lining up to settle old scores and finally put him in his place. Perhaps even now the ce lestial fax is poised to pour down his last curses on us all.
Osborne's place, to state the obviou...
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