Terrence Rattigan - Softcover

Michael-darlow-gillian-hodson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0704334011 ISBN 13: 9780704334014

Publisher: Quartet Books, 1982

Synopsis

8vo. Original printed card covers (softback) (near Fine). Pp. 360, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

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About the Author

Michael Darlow began his career as an actor on stage and television, and has both acted and directed Rattigan on stage. He has made a number of award winning dramas and documentaries and is a fellow of The Royal Television Society.

From Booklist

Rattigan deserves to be better known. One of the most popular mid-twentieth-century English playwrights and the strongest voice of the generation that fought the Nazis, he wrote such lyrical plays as French without Tears and The Winslow Boy . To the talented next generation of Harold Pinter, John Osborne, and others, however, he was reactionary, self-satisfied, the voice of the English mainstream. When he died in 1977, theater progressives regarded him as a relic. Lately, interest in him has revived, with David Mamet's well-received film of The Winslow Boy and now a fine biography. Darlow sweeps through Rattigan's life, from childhood as the son of a pompous, womanizing civil servant to early successes on West End stages to later triumphs to disappointment as the younger generation passed him by. He impressively avoids becoming lost in details and, though thoroughly steeped in Rattigan's work, never allows literary analysis to weigh things down. Carefully balancing discussions of the major plays and pure biography, he crafts a book to please Rattigan fanciers and general readers alike. Jack Helbig
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Edition details

• Publisher: Quartet Books
• Publication date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0704334011
• ISBN 13: 9780704334014
• Binding: Paperback