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Discuss how Billy's character is presented. Does it develop during the course of the play? The play 'Billy Liar' was written by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall in 1960. It was set in the late fifties/early sixties, which was a revolutionary era. During this time many people felt discontented and restrained, leading to their questioning of the class system and the authority of the day. Such feelings were reflected by playwrights portraying naturalistic interpretations that linked to social realism (that is, exposing daily life for what it truly was). Perhaps the strongest indication of this was the increased use of swearing and regional accents, replacing the former tightly clipped British accents. These writers were interested in simply promoting life as it really was. During the play, the audience is presented with three different generations. The past represented by Florence, the Grandma; the present represented by Alice and Geoffrey, the parents...

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