MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHern Books, The Limited, Nick
ISBN-101854597108
ISBN-139781854597106
eBay Product ID (ePID)81868447
Product Key Features
Book TitleBrowning Version
Number of Pages125 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
TopicGeneral, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
GenreDrama, Performing Arts
AuthorTerence Rattigan
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight5.6 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews'The cruel inequalities of love always absorbed Rattigan; not least here - this is a play that has not dated'
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal822.9/12
SynopsisThe story of an unpopular and unloved classics master at a public school in the 1940s. Deserted by his wife and on the verge of retirement, Crocker-Harris finds a form of redemption in an unexpected parting gift from a previously unregarded pupil., Rattigan's well-loved play about an unpopular schoolmaster who snatches a last shred of dignity from the collapse of his career and his marriage., Rattigan's well-loved play about an unpopular schoolmaster who snatches a last shred of dignity from the collapse of his career and his marriage. Twice filmed (with Michael Redgrave and Albert Finney) and frequently revived. Andrew Crocker-Harris' wife Millie has become embittered and fatigued by her husband's lack of passion and ambition. On the verge of retirement, and divorce, Andrew is forced to come to terms with the platitude his life has become. Then John Taplow, a previously unnoticed pupil, gives Andrew an unexpected parting gift: a second-hand copy of Robert Browning's translation of Agamemnon - a gift which offers not only a opportunity for redemption, but the chance to gain back some dignity. The Browning Version was premiered at the Phoenix Theatre, London, in September 1948. This volume also contains Harlequinade, a farce about a touring theatre troupe, written to accompany The Browning Version in a double-bill under the joint title, Playbill. 'Few dramatists of this century have written with more understanding of the human heart than Terence Rattigan' Michael Billington This edition includes an authoritative introduction and biographical sketch by Rattigan scholar Dan Rebellato, along with a chronology of his plays.
LC Classification NumberPR6035.A75
