The Case for Terence Rattigan, Playwright

1. Introduction: Terence Rattigan’s Art of Understatement and Implication
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2.
French Without Tears: Rattigan’s Shavian Inheritance
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3.
After the Dance: Slow Suicide and Quick
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4.
Flare Path: Trapped Words as Mines
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5.
The Winslow Boy: Let Right Be Done
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6. The Comedies: Until They Became Impossible
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7.
The Browning Version: Words Could So Lacerate a Man’s Heart
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8.
Adventure Story: “I Must Die”
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9.
The Deep Blue Sea: Venus Loses Adonis
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10.
Separate Tables: Every Man an Island
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11.
Ross and Man and Boy: The Vision Darkens
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12.
Bequest to the Nation: “She Cried from Deep, Deep Down in Herself”
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13.
In Praise of Love: Hiding Mortality in Plain Sight
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14.
Cause Célèbre: “Thank God for Peace at Last”
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Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Theatre History, British Culture