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	[[File:Rattigan1.jpg\|thumb\|Terence Rattigan]]'''Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan''' (1911–1977) was one of England's most popular 20th-century dramatists. His plays are generally set in an upper-middle-class background. He is known for such works as ''The Winslow Boy'' (1946), ''The Browning Version'' (1948), ''The Deep Blue Sea'' (1952) and ''Separate Tables'' (1954).		[[File:Rattigan1.jpg\|thumb\|Terence Rattigan]]'''Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan''' (1911–1977) was one of England's most popular 20th-century dramatists. His plays are generally set in an upper-middle-class background. He is known for such works as ''The Winslow Boy'' (1946), ''The Browning Version'' (1948), ''The Deep Blue Sea'' (1952) and ''Separate Tables'' (1954).

	Rattigan was born in [[South Kensington]], and educated in [[Cobham]] and at [[Harrow School]] and Trinity College [[Oxford]].		Rattigan was born in [[South Kensington]], and educated in [[Cobham]] and at [[Harrow School]] and [[Trinity College, Oxford]].

	Rattigan was gay,<ref name=onstage>Alan Sinfield ''Out on Stage: Lesbian and Gay Theatre in the Twentieth Century'', Yale University Press, 1999 isbn=0-300-08102-2 page 159</ref> with numerous lovers but no long-term partners, a possible exception being his "congenial companion [...] and occasional friend" Michael Franklin.<ref>Michael Darlow, ''Terence Rattigan – The Man and His Work'', London: Quartet Books, 2010, page 440.</ref> It has been claimed that his work is essentially autobiographical, containing coded references to his sexuality, which he kept secret from all but his closest friends. There is some truth in this, but it risks being crudely reductive; for example, the repeated claim that Rattigan originally wrote ''The Deep Blue Sea'' as a play about male lovers, turned at the last minute into a heterosexual play, is unfounded,<ref>B A Young mentions a "Kenneth Morgan version" of the play that was supposedly shown to Rattigan collaborator Alvin Rakoff in 1962 and that has since disappeared (B A Young, ''The Rattigan Version'', London: Hamish Hamilton, 1986, page 110). Darlow also speculates on the possible existence of such a draft (Michael Darlow, '' Terence Rattigan – The Man and His Work'', London: Quartet Books, 2010, p. 440).</ref> though Rattigan claimed otherwise.<ref>Rattigan's letter to John Osborne, 1968 cited in John Osborne ''Looking Back'', London: Faber, 1999, page 286 (originally published in ''Almost a Gentleman'', Faber, 1991).</ref> On the other hand, for the Broadway staging of ''Separate Tables'', he wrote an alternative version of the newspaper article in which Major Pollock's indiscretions are revealed to his fellow hotel guests; in this version, the people the Major approached for sex were men rather than young women. However, Rattigan changed his mind about staging it, and the original version proceeded.		Rattigan was gay,<ref name=onstage>Alan Sinfield ''Out on Stage: Lesbian and Gay Theatre in the Twentieth Century'', Yale University Press, 1999 isbn=0-300-08102-2 page 159</ref> with numerous lovers but no long-term partners, a possible exception being his "congenial companion [...] and occasional friend" Michael Franklin.<ref>Michael Darlow, ''Terence Rattigan – The Man and His Work'', London: Quartet Books, 2010, page 440.</ref> It has been claimed that his work is essentially autobiographical, containing coded references to his sexuality, which he kept secret from all but his closest friends. There is some truth in this, but it risks being crudely reductive; for example, the repeated claim that Rattigan originally wrote ''The Deep Blue Sea'' as a play about male lovers, turned at the last minute into a heterosexual play, is unfounded,<ref>B A Young mentions a "Kenneth Morgan version" of the play that was supposedly shown to Rattigan collaborator Alvin Rakoff in 1962 and that has since disappeared (B A Young, ''The Rattigan Version'', London: Hamish Hamilton, 1986, page 110). Darlow also speculates on the possible existence of such a draft (Michael Darlow, '' Terence Rattigan – The Man and His Work'', London: Quartet Books, 2010, p. 440).</ref> though Rattigan claimed otherwise.<ref>Rattigan's letter to John Osborne, 1968 cited in John Osborne ''Looking Back'', London: Faber, 1999, page 286 (originally published in ''Almost a Gentleman'', Faber, 1991).</ref> On the other hand, for the Broadway staging of ''Separate Tables'', he wrote an alternative version of the newspaper article in which Major Pollock's indiscretions are revealed to his fellow hotel guests; in this version, the people the Major approached for sex were men rather than young women. However, Rattigan changed his mind about staging it, and the original version proceeded.

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	[[File:Rattigan1.jpg\|thumb\|Terence Rattigan]]'''Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan''' (1911–1977) was one of England's most popular 20th-century dramatists. His plays are generally set in an upper-middle-class background. He is known for such works as ''The Winslow Boy'' (1946), ''The Browning Version'' (1948), ''The Deep Blue Sea'' (1952) and ''Separate Tables'' (1954).		[[File:Rattigan1.jpg\|thumb\|Terence Rattigan]]'''Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan''' (1911–1977) was one of England's most popular 20th-century dramatists. His plays are generally set in an upper-middle-class background. He is known for such works as ''The Winslow Boy'' (1946), ''The Browning Version'' (1948), ''The Deep Blue Sea'' (1952) and ''Separate Tables'' (1954).

	Rattigan was born in [[South Kensington]], and educated in [[Cobham]] and at [[Harrow]] ~~School~~ and Trinity College [[Oxford]].		Rattigan was born in [[South Kensington]], and educated in [[Cobham]] and at [[Harrow School]] and Trinity College [[Oxford]].

	Rattigan was gay,<ref name=onstage>Alan Sinfield ''Out on Stage: Lesbian and Gay Theatre in the Twentieth Century'', Yale University Press, 1999 isbn=0-300-08102-2 page 159</ref> with numerous lovers but no long-term partners, a possible exception being his "congenial companion [...] and occasional friend" Michael Franklin.<ref>Michael Darlow, ''Terence Rattigan – The Man and His Work'', London: Quartet Books, 2010, page 440.</ref> It has been claimed that his work is essentially autobiographical, containing coded references to his sexuality, which he kept secret from all but his closest friends. There is some truth in this, but it risks being crudely reductive; for example, the repeated claim that Rattigan originally wrote ''The Deep Blue Sea'' as a play about male lovers, turned at the last minute into a heterosexual play, is unfounded,<ref>B A Young mentions a "Kenneth Morgan version" of the play that was supposedly shown to Rattigan collaborator Alvin Rakoff in 1962 and that has since disappeared (B A Young, ''The Rattigan Version'', London: Hamish Hamilton, 1986, page 110). Darlow also speculates on the possible existence of such a draft (Michael Darlow, '' Terence Rattigan – The Man and His Work'', London: Quartet Books, 2010, p. 440).</ref> though Rattigan claimed otherwise.<ref>Rattigan's letter to John Osborne, 1968 cited in John Osborne ''Looking Back'', London: Faber, 1999, page 286 (originally published in ''Almost a Gentleman'', Faber, 1991).</ref> On the other hand, for the Broadway staging of ''Separate Tables'', he wrote an alternative version of the newspaper article in which Major Pollock's indiscretions are revealed to his fellow hotel guests; in this version, the people the Major approached for sex were men rather than young women. However, Rattigan changed his mind about staging it, and the original version proceeded.		Rattigan was gay,<ref name=onstage>Alan Sinfield ''Out on Stage: Lesbian and Gay Theatre in the Twentieth Century'', Yale University Press, 1999 isbn=0-300-08102-2 page 159</ref> with numerous lovers but no long-term partners, a possible exception being his "congenial companion [...] and occasional friend" Michael Franklin.<ref>Michael Darlow, ''Terence Rattigan – The Man and His Work'', London: Quartet Books, 2010, page 440.</ref> It has been claimed that his work is essentially autobiographical, containing coded references to his sexuality, which he kept secret from all but his closest friends. There is some truth in this, but it risks being crudely reductive; for example, the repeated claim that Rattigan originally wrote ''The Deep Blue Sea'' as a play about male lovers, turned at the last minute into a heterosexual play, is unfounded,<ref>B A Young mentions a "Kenneth Morgan version" of the play that was supposedly shown to Rattigan collaborator Alvin Rakoff in 1962 and that has since disappeared (B A Young, ''The Rattigan Version'', London: Hamish Hamilton, 1986, page 110). Darlow also speculates on the possible existence of such a draft (Michael Darlow, '' Terence Rattigan – The Man and His Work'', London: Quartet Books, 2010, p. 440).</ref> though Rattigan claimed otherwise.<ref>Rattigan's letter to John Osborne, 1968 cited in John Osborne ''Looking Back'', London: Faber, 1999, page 286 (originally published in ''Almost a Gentleman'', Faber, 1991).</ref> On the other hand, for the Broadway staging of ''Separate Tables'', he wrote an alternative version of the newspaper article in which Major Pollock's indiscretions are revealed to his fellow hotel guests; in this version, the people the Major approached for sex were men rather than young women. However, Rattigan changed his mind about staging it, and the original version proceeded.

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	'''Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan''' (1911–1977) was one of England's most popular 20th-century dramatists. His plays are generally set in an upper-middle-class background. He is known for such works as ''The Winslow Boy'' (1946), ''The Browning Version'' (1948), ''The Deep Blue Sea'' (1952) and ''Separate Tables'' (1954).		[[File:Rattigan1.jpg\|thumb\|Terence Rattigan]]'''Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan''' (1911–1977) was one of England's most popular 20th-century dramatists. His plays are generally set in an upper-middle-class background. He is known for such works as ''The Winslow Boy'' (1946), ''The Browning Version'' (1948), ''The Deep Blue Sea'' (1952) and ''Separate Tables'' (1954).

	Rattigan was born in [[South Kensington]], and educated in [[Cobham]] and at [[Harrow]] School and Trinity College [[Oxford]].		Rattigan was born in [[South Kensington]], and educated in [[Cobham]] and at [[Harrow]] School and Trinity College [[Oxford]].

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'''Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan''' (1911–1977) was one of England's most popular 20th-century dramatists. His plays are generally set in an upper-middle-class background. He is known for such works as ''The Winslow Boy'' (1946), ''The Browning Version'' (1948), ''The Deep Blue Sea'' (1952) and ''Separate Tables'' (1954).

Rattigan was born in [[South Kensington]], and educated in [[Cobham]] and at [[Harrow]] School and Trinity College [[Oxford]].

Rattigan was gay,<ref name=onstage>Alan Sinfield ''Out on Stage: Lesbian and Gay Theatre in the Twentieth Century'', Yale University Press, 1999 isbn=0-300-08102-2 page 159</ref> with numerous lovers but no long-term partners, a possible exception being his "congenial companion [...] and occasional friend" Michael Franklin.<ref>Michael Darlow, ''Terence Rattigan – The Man and His Work'', London: Quartet Books, 2010, page 440.</ref> It has been claimed that his work is essentially autobiographical, containing coded references to his sexuality, which he kept secret from all but his closest friends. There is some truth in this, but it risks being crudely reductive; for example, the repeated claim that Rattigan originally wrote ''The Deep Blue Sea'' as a play about male lovers, turned at the last minute into a heterosexual play, is unfounded,<ref>B A Young mentions a "Kenneth Morgan version" of the play that was supposedly shown to Rattigan collaborator Alvin Rakoff in 1962 and that has since disappeared (B A Young, ''The Rattigan Version'', London: Hamish Hamilton, 1986, page 110). Darlow also speculates on the possible existence of such a draft (Michael Darlow, '' Terence Rattigan – The Man and His Work'', London: Quartet Books, 2010, p. 440).</ref> though Rattigan claimed otherwise.<ref>Rattigan's letter to John Osborne, 1968 cited in John Osborne ''Looking Back'', London: Faber, 1999, page 286 (originally published in ''Almost a Gentleman'', Faber, 1991).</ref> On the other hand, for the Broadway staging of ''Separate Tables'', he wrote an alternative version of the newspaper article in which Major Pollock's indiscretions are revealed to his fellow hotel guests; in this version, the people the Major approached for sex were men rather than young women. However, Rattigan changed his mind about staging it, and the original version proceeded.

Rattigan was fascinated with the life and character of [[T E Lawrence]]. In 1960 he wrote a play called ''[[Ross (play)|Ross]]'', based on Lawrence's exploits. Preparations were made to film it, and [[Dirk Bogarde]] accepted the role. However, it did not proceed because the Rank Organisation withdrew its support, not wishing to offend David Lean and Sam Spiegel, who had started to film ''Lawrence of Arabia''. Bogarde called Rank's decision "my bitterest disappointment".

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