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Wesker, Arnold
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Wesker, Arnold, 1932–, English playwright, b. London. At various times he has been a carpenter's mate, a seed sorter, and a pastry cook. His plays Chicken Soup with Barley (1958), Roots (1958), and I'm Talking about Jerusalem (1960) form a trilogy about a family of Jewish Communist intellectuals. His socialist point of view is reflected in his other plays, notably The Kitchen (1961), Chips with Everything (1962), and The Four Seasons (1969). His later plays include The Wedding Feast (1974) and The Old Ones (1972), which describes the enforced isolation of the elderly.

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See studies by G. Leeming and S. Trussler (1971), R. Hayman (1973), and G. Leeming (1982).



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Brecht's plays offer 'memorable and sculptural ruggedness', and Arnold Wesker flings a gauntlet on to the stage.
Active engagement in the theatre led him to criticize a younger generation of British playwrights, the "Angry Young Men" or "Kitchen Sink" leftists that included John Osborne and Arnold Wesker, with whom he nevertheless eventually developed a friendly association.
BARBARA squeezed the job in around her hectic EastEnders schedule and her first-ever radio play, Groupie, by Arnold Wesker, broadcast on Radio 4 last month alongside Timothy West.
 
 
 
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