Terence Rattigan

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.

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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

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Occupation

playwright / screenwriter / writer / cricketer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar

University

Trinity College

Awards & achievements

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Knight Bachelor
• 1951 Best Screenplay Award

• Official sitehttps://www.terencerattigan.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence%20Rattigan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544627

Tags

• playwright
• screenwriter
• writer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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