kitchen sink drama

[k_d1984]

what is the definition of 'kitchen sink drama'? who were the main kitchen sink dramatists?

[andy hughes]

The phrase was first applied to John Osbourne's groundbreaking play 'Look Back In Anger' which drew attention to the British class divide of the 1950's, and also gave rise to to the term 'angry young men' for writers such as Osbourne, and others who wrote novels and plays set in a domestic setting (hence the label) which usually played out tensions and affects of poverty and oppression.of that post-war period. You could do no better than find a copy of the Alan Bates classic film 'Saturday Night And Sunday Morning' to see what it's all about.

[maxi29]

Good answer Andy. A small correction though: the star of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning was Albert Finney, not Alan Bates.

[jomafone]

kitchen sink dramas aim to provide a vivid picture of working class life in its most often unpleasant reality. a kitchen sink drama has the following characteristics: it is always set in a working class environment, usually a bedsit or a flat. it always deals with domestic issues. conflicts thake place between people who are poor and live in cramped conditions. the genre uses ordinary everyday language in an attempt to provide the audience with an accurate picture of one section of society. agree? xx