Editing Look Back in Anger (section)

==Production==
The play was premiered at London's [[Royal Court Theatre]], on 8 May 1956 by the [[Royal Court Theatre|English Stage Company]] under the direction of [[Tony Richardson]], setting by Alan Tagg, and music for songs by [[Tom Eastwood]]. The press release called the author an "[[Angry Young Men|angry young man]]", a phrase that came to represent a new movement in 1950s British theatre. Audiences supposedly gasped at the sight of an ironing board on a London stage.<ref name="Ellis">{{cite news|last1=Ellis|first1=Samantha|title=Look Back in Anger, May 1956|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/may/21/theatre.samanthaellis|access-date=3 October 2017|work=The Guardian|date=21 May 2003}}</ref>

The cast was as follows: [[Kenneth Haigh]] (Jimmy), [[Alan Bates]] (Cliff), [[Mary Ure]] (Alison), Helena Hughes (Helena Charles) and [[John Welsh (actor)|John Welsh]] (Colonel Redfern). The following year, the production moved to Broadway under producer [[David Merrick]] and director [[Tony Richardson]]. Retaining the original cast but starring Vivienne Drummond as Helena, it received three [[Tony Award]] nominations, including for [[Tony Award for Best Play|Best Play]] and Best Dramatic Actress for Ure.