Synopsis
Based on the true story of Alma Rattenbury, who, in 1935, went on trial with her eighteen-year-old lover for the murder of her husband. Terence Rattigan pits Alma against a formidable lady juror, whose own life offers a plangent counterpoint to the central tale of love, betrayal, guilt, and obsession.
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The play offers a perfectly coherent picture, smashed to fragments and regrouped into a mosaic for the sake of maximum suspense and maximum revelation of character. --The Times on the original London production
About the Author
TERENCE RATTIGAN (1911-1977) hit the jackpot at the age of 25 with French Without Tears and followed this success with, among others, After the Dance, The Browning Version, The Deep Blue Sea, Separate Tables and The Winslow Boy. Most of Rattigan’s plays have been re-published in handsome uniform editions by Nick Hern Books, with life sales of several thousand to date.
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Cause Celebre, A Play in Two Acts
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Hamish Hamilton, London, 1978
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CAUSE CELEBRE. A PLAY IN TWO ACTS. (SIGNED)
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Hamish Hamilton,, London,, 1978
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