Angry and Young

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"If you're not angry, you're not paying attention," says one character in Dawn King's play about the climate crisis, The Trials. "I learnt at an early age what it is to be angry - angry and helpless." In Look Back in Anger, a youthful Jimmy Porter rages against church, country and the docility of those he loves. People working in theatre now - amid war, injustice and increasing authoritarianism - reflect on anger as a motivation for the 'art of words', its creative limitations and the eroding effect of the passing years. With playwrights Dawn King and Georgia Bruce, director Atri Banerjee and Cress Brown of Cutting the Tightrope. Including extracts from the 1959 film Look Back in Anger. Original music (Homage to Jimmy Porter) written and performed by Alan Hall. Produced by Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4