Rattigan's Nijinsky (NHB Modern Plays) - Softcover

Terence Rattigan; Nicholas Wright

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848421672 ISBN 13: 9781848421677

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2011

Synopsis

In a hotel room a once-lauded playwright meets Nijinsky's elderly widow, Romola, to fight over his latest play. Meanwhile, in the same room, Diaghilev and the young Romola fight over the tormented Nijinsky. In 1974, Terence Rattigan wrote a television script for the BBC about the relationship between Diaghilev, the impresario behind the Ballets Russes, and Nijinsky, the most renowned dancer of all time, which Rattigan described as 'the greatest love story since Romeo and Juliet'. But the playwright withdrew the play and it was never produced. Now in this bold re-imagining of events, Nicholas Wright investigates why.

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About the Author

NICHOLAS WRIGHT's plays include Mrs Klein, Vincent in Brixton, The Reporter, and his phenomenally successful adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, All of his plays are published by NHB. He lives in West London. Born in 1911, Terence Rattigan's plays include The Browning Version, Cause Célèbre, The Deep Blue Sea, Separate Tables and The Winslow Boy. The centenary year of his birth saw several hugely successful revivals of his plays, with Rattigan restored to his rightful place in the Pantheon of British dramatists as a true master of his craft. Most of Rattigan's plays are published in handsome uniform editions by Nick Hern Books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848421672
• ISBN 13: 9781848421677
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 94