Terence Rattigan

Sir
Terence Rattigan
CBE
Portrait of Rattigan by Allan Warren
Born(1911-06-10)10 June 1911
South Kensington, London, England
Died30 November 1977(1977-11-30) (aged 66)
Hamilton, Bermuda
Other namesTerence Mervyn Rattigan
OccupationPlaywright

Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan CBE (10 June 1911 – 30 November 1977) was a British dramatist and screenwriter. He was one of England's most popular mid-20th-century dramatists. His plays are typically set in an upper-middle-class background.[1] He wrote The Winslow Boy (1946), The Browning Version (1948), The Deep Blue Sea (1952) and Separate Tables (1954), among many others.

A troubled homosexual who saw himself as an outsider,[2] Rattigan wrote a number of plays which centred on issues of sexual frustration, failed relationships, or a world of repression and reticence.[3][2]

  1. ^ Geoffrey Wansell. Terence Rattigan (London: Fourth Estate, 1995); ISBN 978-1-85702-201-8
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Enigma BBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ The Rattigan Enigma, by Benedict Cumberbatch, BBC TV [1]