British theatre must take inspiration from John Osborne and make itself essential to a mass audience if it is to thrive in a post-Covid world, according to David Hare, who says the artform is in need of a “revolution”. Hare, who was heavily influenced by Osborne’s acerbic brand of social realism, said British theatre once again needed to find voices that reached beyond its usual audience, as Osborne did. John Osborne, English playwright, screenwriter and actor. “I think it’s very timely because we are, as it were, inevitably about to reinvent the British theatre,” he said. No, it hasn’t happened in the British theatre for a very long time,” he said.

Source: The Guardian May 08, 2021 06:00 UTC