French Without Tears
Paperback, 118 pages ISBN: 9781854592125Publication Date:
27 Jul 1995
Size: 197mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
First Staged:
Criterion Theatre, London, 1936

French Without Tears

By Terence Rattigan

Paperback £9.99£7.99

A masterpiece of light comedy from Terence Rattigan, about a group of bright young things attempting to learn French on the Riviera amid myriad distractions.

French Without Tears is the play that first made Rattigan's name, and ran for over a thousand performances in the 1930s.

This edition includes an authoritative introduction, biographical sketch and chronology.

Extra content: visit the official Rattigan website here.

Also available: an alternative edition of French Without Tears, published alongside the 2015 revival at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.

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'Few dramatists of this century have written with more understanding of the human heart than Terence Rattigan'

Guardian
Paperback,118 pages ISBN: 9781854592125Publication Date:
27 Jul 1995
Size: 197mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)

Also by Terence Rattigan:

Flare Path
Who is Sylvia? and Duologue
Ross
The Deep Blue Sea
Harlequinade
French Without Tears
After the Dance
In Praise of Love
Duologue
Harlequinade & All On Her Own
Love in Idleness/Less Than Kind
Cause Célèbre
Who is Sylvia?
Separate Tables
First Episode
The Browning Version
All On Her Own
The Winslow Boy
Rattigan's Nijinsky

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