Cause Celebre by Terence Rattigan

Cause Celebre by Terence Rattigan

Terence Rattigan

Characters: 15 male, 5 female, 1 boy

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A woman on trial with her 20 years younger lover for the murder of her husband creates the title drama in this incendiary recreation of the infamous case of Alma Rattenbury and 18 year-old George Percy Stoner. In 1935, when accused of murdering her husband in their Bournemouth home, the headlines created an early tabloid sensation as woman and boy both take the blame, while sexual freedom is cast in sharp relief against the the stifling morality of post-Victorian England. From the celebrated author of Separate Tables and The Browning Version, Cause Celebre will be revived at London's Old Vic in Spring 2011.

No one alive writes with such understanding of sexual love or with such profound pity for its victims.-Daily Telegraph, London

TERENCE RATTIGAN was one of the most popular English 20th-century dramatists. His first play, First Episode, was produced in 1934 and his first big hit French Without Tears in 1936. His best known later works include After the Dance, Flare Path, The Browning Version, The Winslow Boy and The Deep Blue Sea. Many of his plays have been adapted for film, and are frequently revived.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780573110597
ISBN 10	057311059X
Title	Cause Celebre
Author	Terence Rattigan
Series	Acting Edition S
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Samuel French Ltd
Year published	1978-04-01
Number of pages	78
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.