A Better Class of Person

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A Better Class of Person by John Osborne: 4. Too Young To Fight and Too Old to Forget

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4. Too Young To Fight and Too Old to Forget

A Better Class of Person by John Osborne

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After an illness, young John is sent to Dorset for brutal convalescence.

The writer recalls his childhood. After an illness, young John is sent to Dorset for a brutal convalescence. Read by Peter Egan.

John Osborne recalls his childhood. After an illness, he's sent to Dorset for a brutal convalescence. 

Highly-acclaimed first volume of the playwright's autobiography - covering 1929 to 1956 when 'Look Back in Anger' was first performed.

Read by Peter Egan.

Abridger/ Producer: Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1994.

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Autobiography of dramatist John Osborne, based on his childhood and early life.

Autobiography of dramatist John Osborne, based on his childhood and early life and published in 1981. Read by Peter Egan.

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