Terence Rattigan was a friend of Spike Milligan's junior officer, Lieutenant Tony Goldsmith, who was killed in the Battle of Longstop Hill, whilst on observation post duty. Rattigan wrote an obituary of his friend and sent it to "The Times". A copy of it is in ""Rommel?" "Gunner Who?"", one of Milligan's war memoirs. After the war, Rattigan alternated between comedies and dramas, establishing himself as a major playwright: the most famous of which were "The Winslow Boy" (1946), "The Browning Version" (1948), "The Deep Blue Sea" (1952), and "Separate Tables" (1954). He believed in understated emotions and craftsmanship, which was deemed
Harlequinade (Rattigan) the Phoenix Theatre, directed by Peter Glenville, with the following cast: The play opened on Broadway with "The Browning Version", on 12 October at the Coronet Theater, with Maurice Evans playing Arthur and Edna Best playing Edna. "Harlequinade" was played from 17 October 2015 until 16 January 2016 at the Garrick Theatre together with one-woman play "All On Her Own". The show was played by the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company with Kenneth Branagh playing Arthur and Miranda Raison playing Edna. Harlequinade (Rattigan) Harlequinade is a comic play by Terence Rattigan. The play was first performed on 8 September 1948 at