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The Browning Version (Acting Edition S.) - Softcover

Book 14 of 177: NHB Modern Plays

Rattigan, Terence

 
9780573020254: The Browning Version (Acting Edition S.)

Synopsis

Ill health is forcing Andrew to retire from teaching. His wife despises him for his failures and finds consolation with Frank, a younger teacher. She openly taunts Andrew while Frank watches with disgust and shame. The wife knows she has lost Frank - but even more bitter is the realization he's now Andrew's best friend.

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Review

A play of extraordinary depth, compassion and psychological perception. --Daily Telegraph

Packs more truths about the human condition into 70 minutes than most other dramas could manage in a month. --Evening Standard

An acknowleged one-act masterpiece...A surefire hit that always touches the heart. --Guardian

A masterpiece of understated passions...Rattigan's play rests on feelings felt but unwillingly spoken...In little over an hour, Rattigan's superbly plotted drama gracefully navigates the quiet desperation of his characters' lives with Chekhovian power...This well-crafted evening of repression and self-expression proves there's a great deal more to schoolday behavior than dreamed of in The History Boys. --Variety

About the Author

Terence Rattigan (1911-1977) hit the jackpot at the age of 25 with French Without Tears. There followed After The Dance, The Winslow Boy, The Browning Version, Separate Tables, The Deep Blue Sea and In Praise of Love. All are published in the Definitive Edition of the plays of Terence Rattigan from NHB.

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