1942. The Falcon Hotel, on the Lincolnshire coast. RAF bomber pilot Teddy is celebrating a reunion with his actress wife Patricia. When Peter, Patricia's ex-lover and Hollywood heart-throb, arrives and an urgent bombing mission over Germany is ordered, Patricia finds herself at the centre of an emotional conflict as unpredictable as the war in the skies.

Terence Rattigan's play Flare Path was first produced at the Apollo Theatre, London, in August 1942. It was revived as part of the Rattigan Centenary celebrations at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, in March 2011.

This edition contains an authoritative introduction by Rattigan scholar Dan Rebellato.

Flare Path Reviews

'A deeply moving portrait of people at war'

* Guardian *

'A three-handkerchief weepie that somehow manages to be both profoundly moving and wonderfully funny'

* Telegraph *

'Classic Rattigan: undemonstrative emotional catharsis... be dragged with power, humour and truth out of whining modernity into a mindset where duty trumps desire'

* The Times *

'Devastating and uplifting'

* Evening Standard *

'Tender, funny and overwhelmingly moving'

* Arts Desk *

'Rattigan's insightful characteriations create a multilayered view of war and what it does to people'

* Hollywood Reporter *

About Terence Rattigan

Sir Terence Rattigan was one of the most popular English 20^th-century dramatists. His first play, First Episode, was produced in 1934; his best-known later works include After the Dance, Flare Path, The Browning Version and The Deep Blue Sea. Many of his plays have been adapted for film, and are frequently revived. He also served as an RAF tail gunner in WWII.

Additional information

Sku

GOR003791236

ISBN 13

9781848421875

ISBN 10

1848421877

Title

Flare Path by Terence Rattigan

Author

Terence Rattigan

Series

The Rattigan Collection

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Nick Hern Books

Year published

20110303

Number of pages

152

Prizes

N/A

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