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Terence Rattigan


Born
in London, The United Kingdom
June 10, 1911

Died
November 30, 1977

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Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan, CBE was a British dramatist. He was one of England's most popular mid twentieth century dramatists. His plays are typically set in an upper-middle-class background. He is known for such works as The Winslow Boy (1946), The Browning Version (1948), The Deep Blue Sea (1952) and Separate Tables (1954), among many others.

A troubled homosexual, who saw himself as an outsider, his plays "confronted issues of sexual frustration, failed relationships and adultery", and a world of repression and reticence.
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Average rating: 3.89 · 2,780 ratings · 302 reviews · 70 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Winslow Boy

3.76 avg rating — 700 ratings — published 1946
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The Deep Blue Sea (Nick Her...

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4.10 avg rating — 618 ratings — published 1952 — 20 editions
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The Browning Version

3.87 avg rating — 416 ratings — published 1948
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Separate Tables

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3.71 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1956 — 29 editions
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Adventure Story (Acting Edi...

4.10 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 1950 — 8 editions
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After the Dance

4.24 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 1939 — 6 editions
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Flare Path

3.60 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1942 — 16 editions
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French Without Tears

3.51 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1936 — 18 editions
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Ross

4.07 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1960 — 21 editions
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Cause Célèbre

3.70 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1978 — 9 editions
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“But the world is a dark enough place for even a little flicker to be welcome.”
Terence Rattigan, The Deep Blue Sea

“To see yourself as the world sees you may be very brave, but it can also be very foolish.”
Terence Rattigan, The Deep Blue Sea

“To love with one’s eyes open sometimes makes life very difficult.”
Terence Rattigan, The Deep Blue Sea