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1 day ago · Along with Noël Coward, Terence Rattigan and Somerset Maugham, his work was swept aside by the theatrical revolution of the “Angry Young Men” at the Royal Court led by John Osborne.
1 day ago · The first is the quality of the extracts. There is exceptionally good writing here from, among others, Denton Welch, James Lees-Milne and JR Ackerley, lover of rough trade and the only writer who could create beauty from a diary account of his jailbird lover masturbating his beloved Alsatian, Queenie. The other key quality is the editing.
3 days ago · The channel dedicated to collecting and preserving old radio dramas.
4 days ago · The first rumours that the theatre was to be sold and demolished began in January 1955, when Terence Rattigan's Separate Tables was enjoying a successful run. (fn. 64) The controversy over the ultimate fate of the theatre lasted for two and a half years, and evoked a government defeat in a debate in the House of Lords and a vigorous ...
3 days ago · The change in the law will be covered in Some Men in London ’s second volume, which takes us up to 1967 and will be published in September. I’ll be counting the days – this is one of the best anthologies I have ever read. • Some Men in London: Queer Life, 1945-1957, edited by Peter Parker, is published by Penguin Classics (£30).
5 days ago · Released On: 23 Jun 2024. Available for 29 days. Kenny Morgan by Mike Poulton, inspired by Terence Rattigan’s play The Deep Blue Sea. Read more. More episodes. Programme Website.
3 days ago · A Brighton house built for a duke which later became a party house for Hollywood stars is on the market for £3.5 million. A blue plaque was put on the Regency house in Marine Parade to mark when it was home to Sir Terence Rattigan in the swinging sixties. He entertained stars of the stage and screen including Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
6 days ago · Elsewhere, Desert Island Discs (Radio 4, 10am) also packs a punch, with heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua a champion castaway. Plus, there’s a powerful exploration of destructive passion in Drama on 3: Kenny Morgan (8pm), Mike Poulton’s play about Terence Rattigan’s (Max Irons) secret affair with a leading actor.
4 days ago · The Day Will Dawn, released in the US as The Avengers, is a 1942 war film set in Norway during World War II. It stars Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Hugh Williams and Griffith Jones, and was directed by Harold French from a script written by Anatole de Grunwald, Patrick Kirwan and Terence Rattigan, based on a story by Frank Owen.
Jun 21, 2024 · Although there's the odd lighter line this is, indeed, a pretty bleak play that constantly reminds us that while there's hope for anyone with one of these conditions and people can get better even after extremes, the overall chances of this happening aren't great.A great cast really help give it a narrative thrust though; Saba is a long-time favourite and she really makes the endlessly ...
