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The following evening.  \nACT III  \nScene I.Several months later.  \nScene 2.A few minutes later.  \nThe first performance in Great Britain of LOOK BACKIN ANGER was given at the Royal Court Theatre,Sloane Square London,on 8th May,I956,by theEnglish Stage Company.It was directed by TonyRichardson,and the décor was by Alan Tagg.Thecast was as follows:  \nJIMMY PoRTERCLIFF LEWISALISON PoRTERHELENA CHARLESCoLONEL REDFERN  \nKenneth HaighAlan BatesMary UreHelena HughesJohn Welsh  \nACT I  \nThe Porters'one-room flat in a large Midland town.Early evening.April.  \nThe scene is a fairly large attic room,at the top of alarge Victorian house.The ceiling slopes down quitesharply from L.to R.Down R.are two small lowwindows.In front of these is a dark oak dressing table.Most of the furniture is simple,and rather old.Up R.isa double bed,running the length of most of the backwall,the rest of which is taken up with a shelf of books.Down R.below the bed is a heavy chest of drawers,covered with books,neckties and odds and ends,inciuding a large,tattered toy teddy bear and soft,woolly squirrel.Up L.is a door.Below this a smallwardrobe.Most of the wall L.is taken up with a high,oblong window.This looks out on to the landing,butlight comes through it from a skylight beyond.Belowthe wardrobe is a gas stove,and,beside this,a woodenfood cupboard,on which is a small,portable radio.Down C.is a sturdy dining table and three chairs,and,below this,L.and R.,two deep,shabby leatherarmchairs.  \nAT RISE OF CURTAIN,JIMMY and CLIFF are seated in thetwo armchairs R.and L.,respectively.All that we cansee of either of them is two pairs of legs,sprawled wayout beyond the newspapers which hide the rest of themfrom sight.They are both reading.Beside them,andbetween them,is a jungle of newspapers and weeklies.When we do eventually see them,we find that JIMMY isa tall,thin young man about twenty-five,wearing avery worn tweed jacket and flannels.Clouds of smokefill the room from the pipe he is smoking.He is adisconcerting mixture of sincerity and cheerful malice,of tenderness and freebooting c","cbCaij63keG1P58M","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij63keG1P58M","pdf",12707877,99,"English","# Contents\n## Time and Acts\n## Cast\n## Setting and Act I Scene Description","[{\"question\":\"What is the setting of Look Back in Anger?\",\"answer\":\"The action takes place in the Porters’ one-room flat in the Midlands, described in detail in Act I.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the play structured?\",\"answer\":\"It is written as a play in three acts, with scenes arranged across different time periods.\"},{\"question\":\"When and where was the first performance in Great Britain?\",\"answer\":\"The first performance in Great Britain was at the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London, on 8th May 1956, directed by Tony Richardson.\"}]","Look Back in Anger - A Play in Three Acts | PDF",1789949957,152]