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Terence Rattigan

Sir Terence Rattigan was one of the most popular English 20th-century dramatists. His first play, First Episode, was produced in 1934; his best-known later works include After the Dance, Flare Path, The Browning Version and The Deep Blue Sea. Many of his plays have been adapted for film, and are frequently revived. He also served as an RAF tail gunner in WWII.

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The Browning Version

The Browning Version

By Terence Rattigan

Rattigan's well-loved play about an unpopular schoolmaster who snatches a last shred of dignity from the collapse of his career and his marriage.

Harlequinade

Harlequinade

By Terence Rattigan

A farce about a touring theatre troupe, written to accompany The Browning Version in a double-bill under the joint title, Playbill.

Published in volume The Browning Version
    In Praise of Love

    In Praise of Love

    By Terence Rattigan

    An almost unbearably moving story of veiled emotions running deep, based on the true life situation of Rex Harrison's wife, Kay Kendall, and her early death from cancer.

    The Winslow Boy

    The Winslow Boy

    By Terence Rattigan

    Rattigan's 1946 play based on the real-life court case of a young naval cadet unjustly accused of stealing a five-shilling postal order.

    The Deep Blue Sea

    The Deep Blue Sea

    By Terence Rattigan

    Written in the early fifties when Rattigan was at the height of his powers, The Deep Blue Sea is a powerful account of lives blighted by love - or the lack of it.

    Separate Tables

    Separate Tables

    By Terence Rattigan

    Two linked one-act plays set in a run-down residential hotel in Bournemouth.

    French Without Tears

    French Without Tears

    By Terence Rattigan

    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.

    After the Dance

    After the Dance

    By Terence Rattigan

    Rattigan's brilliant attack on the hedonistic lifestyle of the ‘bright young things’ of the 1920s and 30s.