Abstract
The British literature in the 20th century is marked by a wave of anti-conformist writers who adopt a different style in their writings. In effect, after the two world wars, many illusions disappear and the literary field is where people's concerns are much illustrated. Among others, drama is a literary genre that underlines many trends in relation to the period and people's concerns. It is in this sense that, in the 1950s, a tendency in theatre begins and constitutes the contemporary British drama.
Actually, that period witnesses a realism that is manifested in a faithful representation of the society after the war. Disillusionment and disenchantment inhabit people, mainly intellectuals. A group of young dramatists, known as the "angry young men" commit themselves to depict the social reality of their society after the war and all the problems that derive from it. Arnold Wesker is one of them. Wesker is politically committed, and alongside with his political orientation, people's aspirations and preoccupations are deeply present in his dramatic production.
