When British Playwright John Osborne first looked back in anger, he scarcely turned his head; now he has sighted back some 4½ centuries—to the angriest young man of 1517. Osborne’s newest play, Luther ...

After a miserable childhood, an unsatisfying stint as a subeditor on a British trade paper (Gas World) and a so-so fling as a repertory actor-manager, John Osborne looked back on his 26 misspent years ...