Cause Celebre - Softcover

Rattigan, Sir Terence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 057311059X ISBN 13: 9780573110597

Publisher: 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

About this title

About the Author:

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 have been re-published in handsome uniform editions by Nick Hern Books, with life sales of several thousand to date.

Review:

Reviews from Rattigan's centenary revival, 2011: 'mixes anguish, suspense, humour and compassion to often electrifying effect' Telegraph 'stands the test of time... behind the play one senses the compassionate understanding for the outcast that was always Rattigan's trump card as a dramatist' Guardian 'still knocks its characters off their smugly held moral high ground with more eloquence and ruthlessness than anything produced by today's current crop of playwrights' Independent

About this edition

• Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 057311059X
• ISBN 13: 9780573110597
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 130