Arnold Wesker
What Arnold Wesker Talked About When He Talked About Jerusalem
British playwright Arnold Wesker — author of “I’m Talking About Jerusalem” and “The Journalists” — has died at 83. Benjamin Ivry pays tribute to his humanism and his complicated relationship with Israel.
Is Arnold Wesker, an Angry Young Playwright, Happier At Last?
British playwright Arnold Wesker, who turned 79 on May 24, is enjoying a revival of interest in his writings. “Chicken Soup with Barley,” the first play in his 1950s partly-autobiographical trilogy (the others are “Roots” and “I’m Talking About Jerusalem”) ran from June 2 to July 16 at London’s Royal Court Theatre, where it was first staged in 1958, and on September 7, London’s National Theatre opened a production of Wesker’s most internationally celebrated play, “The Kitchen,” based on his own youthful experiences working in hellish restaurants.