{"product_id":"9781780017914","title":"First Episode (The Rattigan Collection)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTerence Rattigan’s first play, published for the first time in this edition to mark the centenary of Rattigan’s birth.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eWritten with his fellow student, Philip Heimann, while they were both at Oxford, \u003cem\u003eFirst Episode\u003c\/em\u003e shows an infatuated undergraduate, Tony, falling for Margot, an actress ten years his senior. And vice versa. Completing a triangle of rival affections is Tony’s best friend, David.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eOriginally staged at a small experimental theatre in Kew in 1933, \u003cem\u003eFirst Episode\u003c\/em\u003e transferred to the West End and then to New York. Rattigan was twenty-two years old. Though not revived since then, it is a candidate – with its cast of eight – for rediscovery, much as was the now-feted \u003cem\u003eAfter the Dance\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eIt comes, like the other volumes in NHB's uniform edition of Rattigan's plays, with an authoritative introduction by Rattigan scholar Dan Rebellato. \u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eTerence Rattigan is now regarded as one of the most significant twentieth century British playwrights. His plays include \u003cem\u003eAfter the Dance\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Browning Version\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFlare Path\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCause Célèbre\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Deep Blue Sea\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Winslow Boy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e'paints a fascinating picture of a vanished student world... Rattigan writes with great perception... shows that, even at 22, [Rattigan] was a born dramatist' - \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e'an astonishingly precocious work that displays youthful charm as well as sensitively exploring themes of unequal (if not unrequited) love and repressed emotion that became Rattigan trademarks' - \u003cem\u003eExeunt Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47301015208176,"sku":"9781780017914","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780017914_p0.jpg?v=1769890928","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780017914","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}