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Terence Rattigan

Sir Terence Rattigan, in full Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan, born in South Kensington, London, of Irish extraction, was an English screenwriter and playwright. Rattigan was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Oxford.

Rattigan had early success with two farces, French Without Tears (performed 1936) and While the Sun Shines (performed 1943). The Winslow Boy (performed 1946), a drama based on a real-life case in which a young boy at the Royal Naval College was unjustly accused of theft, won a New York Critics award. Separate Tables (performed 1945), perhaps his best known work, took as its theme the isolation and frustration that result from rigidly imposed social conventions. The radio play Cause Célèbre was his final work; first broadcast in 1975, it was performed onstage in 1977.

Several of his plays seriously explore social or psychological themes, and his plays consistently demonstrate solid craftsmanship. Rattigan was knighted in 1971 for his services to the theatre. He had many screenplays to his credit, including film versions of The Winslow Boy (1948) and Separate Tables (1958), among others, and The Yellow Rolls Royce (1965) and Goodbye Mr. Chips (1968).

Source: Britannica

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British playwright, screenwriter (1911-1977)

Born 10 June 1911
Died 30 November 1977

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  • Cover of: The Winslow boy
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  • Cover of: Separate tables: two plays.
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  • Cover of: The Collected Plays of Terence Rattigan: The Early Plays 1936-1952

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  • Cover of: The collected plays of Terence Rattigan
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  • Cover of: The Winslow boy: play in two acts (four scenes)

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British playwright, screenwriter (1911-1977)

Born 10 June 1911
Died 30 November 1977

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Drama, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Drama (dramatic works by one author), English drama, Man-woman relationships, English literature, Great Britain, Great Britain. Royal Air Force, History, Leukemia, Play, Plays, Trials, World War, 1939-1945, Admirals, Adultery, American drama, Art, Authors, Boys, British, Control (Psychology), DRA, DRA000000, DRAMA

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England, Great Britain, London, Israel, London (England), Mayfair (London, England)

People

T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935), Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C), Alma Victoria Clark Rattenbury (1897?-1935), Emma Hamilton Lady (1761?-1815), Francis Mawson Rattenbury (1867-1935), Francis Mawson Rattenbury (1868?-1935), George Percy Stoner (1916-), Horatio Nelson Nelson Viscount (1758-1805), Terence Rattigan

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1930s, George III, 1760-1820

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Alternative names

  • terence Rattigan
  • Terence RATTIGAN
  • Rattigan, Terence Sir
  • Terence Mervyn Rattigan

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September 23, 2023 Edited by Marla Added author details
September 23, 2023 Edited by Marla Added new photo
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
January 30, 2020 Edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import