Luther Summary
John Osborne

Luther Summary

John Osborne's Luther, which debuted in London in 1961, is a drama with a historical setting and a timeless theme. As Osborne told an interviewer in 1961 (as quoted in Alan Carter's John Osborne), "I wanted to write a play about religious experience and various other things, and this happened to be the vehicle for it. . . . I hope that it won't make a difference if you don't know anything about Luther himself, and I suspect...

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