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A l t h o u g h frequent iconoclastic i n t e r r u p t i o n , and the verbal t e x t u r e ali the w o r k of Osborne and Wesker has been praised as an energetic give each of the novels a certain amount of d i s t i n c t i o n . In addi- antidote to a theater long dominated by ingenious productions t i o n , the process of k n o c k i n g d o w n and setting up roles, of con- of the classics or insipid l i t t l e comedies assuming t h a t manners stantly showing the i n c o n g r u i t y between the role and the vague have really n o t changed since 1 9 1 4 , the praise has centered on and disparate reality it is supposed to reprcsent, is surely f u n n y .

Little people who count their pensions before they're out of school . . little petty bourgeois. [P- 94-] A f t e r his mother leaves, T o n y turns to Rosemary to deliver the final lines of the p l a y : Rosemary, listen—never in the whole history of the world have people made a battle-cry out of being ordinary. Never. Supposing we ali said to the politicians—we refuse to be heroic. We refuse to be brave. We are bored with ali the noble gestures—what then, Rosemary? . Leave us alone, we'll say.

It seems to me wrong that so many people should be saddened and discouraged by this sudden violent crisis we are ali living through: it is a crisis in the battle of t r u t h against lies, of 66 LESSING'S I N T E N S E LESSING'S C O M M I T M E N T I N T E N S E C O M M I T M E N T 67 stories and novels. F r e q u e n t l y the theme of the w o r k is whether nesses and never getting an answer back. That's socialism. I suppose it's progress. Why not? To every man his wife and two children and a chicken in the pot on Sundays.

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