John Osborne writes stories, scripts, and poems. His first book, Radio Head: up and down the dial of British Radio, was published by Simon & Schuster and broadcast as Radio 4's Book of the Week. Most recently, his new poetry book, A Supermarket Love Stor,y was published in 2021 by Go Faster Stripe. Osborne has written and performed six half hour storytelling shows for BBC Radio 4, and in 2015 After Hours, the sitcom he co-wrote was broadcast on Sky One.'John's story left me and my children spellbound and in tears' - Stewart Lee about 'Don't Need the Sunshine' on BBC Radio 4.'His work has a winning gentleness, a seductive voice that draws you in, ensnares you and captivates you' - Ian McMillan.
List of illustrations
Preface
1. Culture and politics: the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen in the nineteenth century
2. Art and literature: the historicist style
3. Theatre: the realist tradition in Germany
4. Emergence and development of a touring company
5. Two productions: Julius Caesar and Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
6. Policy and principles
Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
