This comedy by the author of Separate Tables and The Winslow Boy premiered in London with Rex Harrison, Trevor Howard and Jessica Tandy in the cast. At a villa on the South Coast of France, a group of young men are being coached in French by a gentleman and his daughter, Jacqueline. Learning French is hard, but the experience is made easier by the presence of the glamorous Diana Lake who proceeds to charm the boys one-by-one until she decamps back to London leaving the forlorn suitors to the willing Jacqueline.
This comedy by the author of Separate Tables and The Winslow Boy premiered in London with Rex Harrison, Trevor Howard and Jessica Tandy in the cast. A...
A woman on trial with her 20 years younger lover for the murder of her husband creates the title drama in this incendiary recreation of the infamous case of Alma Rattenbury and 18 year-old George Percy Stoner. In 1935, when accused of murdering her husband in their Bournemouth home, the headlines created an early tabloid sensation as woman and boy both take the blame, while sexual freedom is cast in sharp relief against the the stifling morality of post-Victorian England. From the celebrated author of...
Terence Rattigan
Characters: 15 male, 5 female, 1 boy
Unit set.
A woman on trial with her 20 years younger lover for the murde...
Written while he was still at Oxford, the first of Rattigan's plays to be staged tells of an infatuated undergraduate falling for an actress ten years older than himself.
Written while he was still at Oxford, the first of Rattigan's plays to be staged tells of an infatuated undergraduate falling for an actress ten years...
A bitter-sweet comedy spanning five decades of frustrated philandering. Volume includes Duologue, a play for one actress, originally written for television and never published before.
A bitter-sweet comedy spanning five decades of frustrated philandering. Volume includes Duologue, a play for one actress, originally written fo...
Ill health is forcing Andrew to retire from teaching. His wife despises him for his failures and finds consolation with Frank, a younger teacher. She openly taunts Andrew while Frank watches with disgust and shame. The wife knows she has lost Frank - but even more bitter is the realization he's now Andrew's best friend.
Ill health is forcing Andrew to retire from teaching. His wife despises him for his failures and finds consolation with Frank, a younger teacher. She ...
This volume is part of a series of novels, plays and stories at GCSE/Key Stage 4 level, designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus. Each text includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing, often compiled by the author.
This volume is part of a series of novels, plays and stories at GCSE/Key Stage 4 level, designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus...
Trevor Nunn directs this major revival of Terence Rattigan's great romantic drama - set against the backdrop of the Second World War - as part of the ongoing celebrations of the playwright's centenary year.
Trevor Nunn directs this major revival of Terence Rattigan's great romantic drama - set against the backdrop of the Second World War - as part of the ...
Based on the true story of Alma Rattenbury, who, in 1935, went on trial with her eighteen-year-old lover for the murder of her husband. Terence Rattigan pits Alma against a formidable lady juror, whose own life offers a plangent counterpoint to the central tale of love, betrayal, guilt, and obsession.
Based on the true story of Alma Rattenbury, who, in 1935, went on trial with her eighteen-year-old lover for the murder of her husband. Terence Rat...
