Cause Celebre - Couverture souple

Rattigan, Sir Terence

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 057311059X ISBN 13 : 9780573110597

Editeur : Samuel French Ltd, 1978

Synopsis

Terence Rattigan

Characters: 15 male, 5 female, 1 boy

Unit set.

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

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Terence Rattigan's play Cause Celebre is based on the true story of Alma Rattenbury who was tried with her 18-year-old lover for the murder of her husband. Condemned by the public more for her seduction of a young boy than for any involvement she may have had in her husband's death, Alma's fate is left in the hands of the socially and sexually repressed jury forewoman, Edith Davenport. Cause Celebre was Terence Rattigan's last play, first produced in 1977.

Biographie de l'auteur

Terence Rattigan (1911-1977) hit the jackpot at the age of 25 with French Without Tears and followed this success with, among others, After The Dance, The Browning Version, The Deep Blue Sea, Separate Tables and The Winslow Boy. Most of Rattigan's plays are currently published in handsome uniform editions by Nick Hern Books, with life sales of several thousand to date.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Samuel French Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1978
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 057311059X
• ISBN 13: 9780573110597
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 130
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible