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Billy Liar  

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Billy Liar This play is set in the 1960's. This was a time of change in Britain. The music, clothing and the attitudes of society were changing. Billy Fisher wanted to be a part of this change. But living in a small working class town near Yorkshire Billy could not. The main place where this was happening was London, if -Billy wanted to be a part of this he had to go there. There was a large difference between the town, which Billy lived in, and London. In Billy's own words he says, "A man can lose him self in London, London is a big place. It has big streets and big people." We can see when reading the play why he wants to 'lose' him self in London. He wants to escape from all the things, which have gone wrong in his life and start a fresh. It seems as...

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