Browning Version - Couverture souple

Rattigan, Terence

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0573020256 ISBN 13 : 9780573020254

Editeur : Samuel French Ltd, 2014

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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Filmed twice, with Michael Redgrave in 1951 and Albert Finney in 1994, and frequently revived on stage, Rattigan's drama is one of the most deeply moving and affecting plays of the 20th century.

The Browning Version is the story of an unpopular and unloved classics master at a public school in the 1940s. Deserted by his wife and on the verge of retirement, Crocker-Harris finds a form of redemption in an unexpected parting gift from a previously unregarded pupil - a secondhand copy of Robert Browning's translation of the Agamemnon.

Complete with an extensive introduction by the Rattigan expert, Dan Rebellato, it is one of the titles in the definitive edition of the plays of Rattigan published by Nick Hern Books. Also included in the volume is the farce, Harlequinade, written to accompany The Browning Version in a double-bill.

Revue de presse

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Samuel French Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0573020256
• ISBN 13: 9780573020254
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 57
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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