Terence Rattigan

Terence Mervyn Rattigan (June 10 1911-November 30 1977) was one of Britain's most important 20th century dramatists. He was born in London, England of Irish Protestant extraction and educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Oxford, and his work to some extent reflects this privileged and intellectual background.

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Success as a playwright came early, with the light comedy French Without Tears in 1936, set in a crammer. Rattigan's determination to write a more serious play produced After the Dance 1939, a fine satirical social drama about the 'Bright Young Things' and their failure to do anything to prevent the war. Unfortunately the war itself scuppered the play's chances of a long run. Rattigan would alternate between comedies and dramas, and after the war, a string of dramas made his name as one of the major playwrights of the day: The Winslow Boy (1946), The Browning Version (1948), The Deep Blue Sea (1952), and Separate Tables (1954).

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