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My Take
Terence Rattigan is one of the great quiet dramatists, and the data calling him American amuses me, since this is a London-born, knighted, CBE-decorated pillar of British theatre. What draws me to him is restraint. The Winslow Boy, The Browning Version, and The Deep Blue Sea live in upper-middle-class drawing rooms where enormous feeling is suppressed beneath impeccable manners, and the tension simmers underneath. That very English ache, emotion held just below the surface, is devastating when done well. His 1951 Cannes screenplay prize confirms it. He wounded the heart without ever raising his voice.
Overview
Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan (10 June 1911 – 30 November 1977) was a British dramatist and screenwriter. He was one of England's most popular mid-20th-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.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Terence Rattigan
- Name (Japanese)
- テレンス・ラティガン
- Reading
- てれんす・らてぃがん
- Born
- June 10, 1911 – November 30, 1977
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Boar
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- playwright / screenwriter / writer / cricketer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Trinity College
Awards & achievements
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Knight Bachelor
- 1951 Best Screenplay Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Playwright — see all → · Screenwriter — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.