The Browning Version Playtext
by Terence Rattigan
Filmed twice, with Michael Redgrave in 1951 and Albert Finney in 1994, and frequently revived on stage, Rattigan's drama is one of the most deeply moving and affecting plays of the 20th century.
The Browning VersionĀ is the story of an unpopular and unloved classics master at a public school in the 1940s. Deserted by his wife and on the verge of retirement, Crocker-Harris finds a form of redemption in an unexpected parting gift from a previously unregarded pupil - a secondhand copy of Robert Browning's translation of the Agamemnon.
Complete with an extensive introduction by the Rattigan expert, Dan Rebellato, it is one of the titles in the definitive edition of the plays of Rattigan published by Nick Hern Books. Also included in the volume is the farce,Ā Harlequinade, written to accompanyĀ The Browning VersionĀ in a double-bill.
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by Terence Rattigan
Filmed twice, with Michael Redgrave in 1951 and Albert Finney in 1994, and frequently revived on stage, Rattigan's drama is one of the most deeply moving and affecting plays of the 20th century.
The Browning VersionĀ is the story of an unpopular and unloved classics master at a public school in the 1940s. Deserted by his wife and on the verge of retirement, Crocker-Harris finds a form of redemption in an unexpected parting gift from a previously unregarded pupil - a secondhand copy of Robert Browning's translation of the Agamemnon.
Complete with an extensive introduction by the Rattigan expert, Dan Rebellato, it is one of the titles in the definitive edition of the plays of Rattigan published by Nick Hern Books. Also included in the volume is the farce,Ā Harlequinade, written to accompanyĀ The Browning VersionĀ in a double-bill.
