John Gerard Braine (13 April 1922 – 28 October 1986) was an English novelist. Braine is usually listed among the angry young men, a loosely defined group...
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Angry young men (section John Osborne)
leading figures included John Osborne and Kingsley Amis; other popular figures included John Braine, Alan Sillitoe, and John Wain. The phrase was originally...
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Braine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bernard Braine (1914–2000), British politician Daniel L. Braine (1829–1898), American naval...
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American screenwriter John Betjeman (1906–1984), English poet, writer and broadcaster John Braine (1922–1986), English writer John Bunyan (1628–1688), English...
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Room at the Top (1959 film) (category Films based on works by John Braine)
Room at the Top is a 1959 British drama film based on the 1957 novel by John Braine. It was adapted by Neil Paterson (with uncredited work by Mordecai Richler)...
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would be playing Susan Brown in a BBC Four television adaptation of the John Braine novel Room at the Top. The adaptation was originally intended to air...
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homelessness. Kitchen sink realism was used in the novels of Stan Barstow, John Braine, Alan Sillitoe and others. The influence of kitchen sink realism has...
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Room at the Top may refer to: Room at the Top (novel), a 1957 novel by John Braine Room at the Top (1959 film), a film based on the novel Room at the Top...
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Chaps! (1959) as Lieutenant Babbington The Price of Silence (1960) as John Braine The League of Gentlemen (1960) as Rupert The Bulldog Breed (1960) as...
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film) (category Films scored by John Dankworth)
Lindsay Anderson, John Schlesinger, and Tony Richardson, and adapted from the works of writers such as Sillitoe, John Braine, and John Osborne. A common...
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Room at the Top (novel) (category Novels by John Braine)
Room at the Top is a novel by John Braine, first published in the United Kingdom by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1957, about an ambitious young working-class...
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Daniel Lawrence Braine (May 18, 1829 – January 30, 1898) was an admiral of the United States Navy. Born in New York City on May 18, 1829, Braine was appointed...
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The Jealous God (category Novels by John Braine)
The Jealous God is a 1964 novel by John Braine. The story, set in an Irish Catholic community of Yorkshire circa in the 1960s, follows a 30-year-old man...
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College of Music. The music and lyrics were written by Alex Loveless. John Braine, the English novelist, stated that his favourite author was Guy de Maupassant...
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William Braine (1814 – 3 April 1846) was a British explorer. He served as a marine in the Royal Marines. From 1845 he was part of an expedition to find...
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1950s, including Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin, John Osborne, Colin Wilson, John Braine, Stan Barstow, John Wain and Keith Waterhouse. The subtitle refers...
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Man at the Top (film) (category Films based on works by John Braine)
as Marshall Clive Swift as Massey Paul Williamson as Tarrant John Collin as Wisbech John Quentin as Digby Danny Sewell as Weston Charlie Williams as George...
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Room at the Top is a 2012 BBC television adaptation by Amanda Coe of John Braine's 1957 novel of the same name, with a cast led by Matthew McNulty, Maxine...
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overseas. John Woolf became interested in Room at the Top after seeing an interview conducted by Woodrow Wyatt with the novel's author John Braine on Panorama...
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ward is home to 5 golf courses. J.B. Priestley grew up in Heaton and John Braine attended St. Bede's Grammar School. The area became infamous in 1981...
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Eagle in a Cage. Later he portrayed Joe Lampton – a character created by John Braine in the novel Room at the Top – in the television series Man at the Top...
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The Crying Game (novel) (category Novels by John Braine)
The Crying Game is a 1968 novel by British novelist John Braine. It is a satirical story about a conservative journalist whose life changes after he learns...
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15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021. Braine, Theresa (5 November 2019). "Secret buyer of Olivia Newton-John's famed 'Grease' pants revealed". Daily News...
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The Pious Agent (category Novels by John Braine)
The Pious Agent is a 1975 spy thriller novel by the British writer John Braine. Xavier Flynn, a devout Catholic but ruthless agent, is on the track of...
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Bowen The Heat of the Day 1949 Malcolm Bradbury The History Man 1975 John Braine Room at the Top 1957 Joyce Cary The Horse's Mouth 1944 Raymond Chandler...
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Life at the Top (film) (category Films based on works by John Braine)
was by Mordecai Richler, based on the 1962 novel Life at the Top by John Braine, and is a sequel to the film Room at the Top (1959). It was directed...
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St John's, Oxford, in 1985. Wain was often referred to as one of the "Angry Young Men", a term applied to 1950s writers such as John Braine, John Osborne...
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Crying Game can also refer to: The Crying Game (novel), a 1968 novel by John Braine "The Crying Game" (song), a 1964 song by Geoff Stephens "Cryin' Game"...
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Perelman, Terence Rattigan, John Osborne, Robert Bolt, Harold Pinter, David Mamet, Larry McMurtry, Arthur Miller, John Irving, David Hare, Tony Kushner...
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Kingsley Amis (category Alumni of St John's College, Oxford)
novel Russian Hide and Seek (1980). In 1967, Amis, Robert Conquest, John Braine, and several other authors signed a letter to The Times entitled "Backing...
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