Terence Rattigan by other writers: Other works including discussions on Rattigan's theatre: Terence Rattigan Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan, CBE (10 June 191130 November 1977) was a British dramatist. He was one of England's most popular mid twentieth century dramatists. His plays are typically set in an upper-middle-class background. 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, his plays centred on issues of sexual frustration, failed relationships, and a world of repression and reticence. Terence Rattigan was born in 1911
Terence Rattigan "The Deep Blue Sea", directed by Terence Davies, was released in 2011, starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston. Many of Rattigan's stage plays have been produced for radio by the BBC. The first play he wrote directly for radio was "Cause Célèbre", broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 27 October 1975, based on the 1935 murder of Francis Rattenbury. A number of Rattigan's plays have been filmed (he was the screenwriter or co-writer for all those made in his lifetime): Terence Rattigan also wrote or co-wrote the following original screenplays: Rattigan wrote or co-wrote the following screenplays from existing material