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After the Dance
Terrance Rattigan
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Description for After the Dance
Paperback. First seen in 1939 but then largely ignored until a 1994 BBC production, After the Dance is regarded as one of the great, lost plays of the 20th century. As interest in Rattigan has revived so too has the play's reputation and it is now considered by many to be one of the great works of a master dramatist. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
Terence Rattigan’s After the Dance is a brilliant attack on the hedonistic lifestyle of the ‘bright young things’ of the 1920s and 30s.
David is a high-living, hard-drinking, successful writer involved with two women: his wife Joan and an earnest-minded younger woman, Helen. When Joan commits suicide, David considers following her, but instead returns to a life of parties and drinking.
After the Dance was first produced at the St James’s Theatre, London, in June l939. It signalled a more serious direction in Rattigan's writing after the relative frivolity of the hugely successful French Without Tears. It opened ... Read more
This edition includes an authoritative introduction, biographical sketch and chronology.
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Weight
153g
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854592170
SKU
V9781854592170
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Ref
99-5
About Terrance Rattigan
Sir Terence Rattigan was one of the most popular English 20th-century dramatists. His first play, First Episode, was produced in 1934; his best-known later works include After the Dance, Flare Path, The Browning Version and The Deep Blue Sea. Many of his plays have been adapted for film, and are frequently revived. He also served as an RAF tail gunner ... Read more
Reviews for After the Dance
'One of the supreme dramatists of the 20th century'
Guardian
'A harrowing critique of a period of heedless frivolity and a dazzling reminder of the strengths of Rattigan’s writing'
Evening Standard
'A great and wonderful revelation... combines superb social comedy with shafts of powerful emotion'
Telegraph
Guardian
'A harrowing critique of a period of heedless frivolity and a dazzling reminder of the strengths of Rattigan’s writing'
Evening Standard
'A great and wonderful revelation... combines superb social comedy with shafts of powerful emotion'
Telegraph