A Better Class of Person

A Better Class of Person (1981) is an autobiography written by dramatist John Osborne and published in 1981. Based on Osborne's childhood and early life, it ends with the first performance of Look Back in Anger at the Royal Court Theatre in 1956.[1] The book emphasises his warm relationship with his father Thomas, and his antagonistic relationship with his mother Nellie Beatrice, which deepened to hatred after his father died when John was young. A sequel, Almost a Gentleman, was published in 1991.[2]

  1. ^ Gilleman, Luc (2002). John Osborne, Vituperative Artist: A Reading of his Life and Work. New York: Routledge. p. 176. ISBN 0-8153-2201-1.
  2. ^ Mantel, Hilary (21 November 1991). "Looking Back in Anger". London Review of Books. Retrieved 14 May 2023.