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Terrance Rattigan - Who is Sylvia? and Duologue - 9781848421653 - V9781848421653
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Who is Sylvia? and Duologue

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Description for Who is Sylvia? and Duologue Paperback. Publication coincides with a swelling tide of revivals to celebrate Rattigan's centenary. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.

Two plays from one of the leading dramatists of the 20th century.

In Who is Sylvia?, Mark is obsessed with a girl called Sylvia, whom he kissed just once at a garden party when he was 17. He makes a habit of pursuing physically identical girls for the rest of his life - despite having a wife and growing son.

Terence Rattigan's play Who is Sylvia? premiered in the West End in 1950, where it ran for over a year. He seems to be offering a bittersweet portayal of his father - and maybe of his own frustrated ... Read more

Also included in this volume is Duologue, a short monologue play for a female actor in which a woman reminisces movingly about her dead husband.

Originally written for television and appearing here for the first time in print, Duologue was broadcast in 1968 and subsequently staged in 1976 in a double bill with The Browning Version.

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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848421653
SKU
V9781848421653
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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

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