Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan, CBE (10 Juni 1911 – 30 November 1977) adalah seorang pengarang drama Inggris. Ia adalah salah satu pengarang drama pertengahan abad kedua puluh paling terkenal di Inggris. Karya-karyanya biasanya berlatar belakang kelas menengah keatas.[1] Ia dikenal karena karya-karyanya seperti The Winslow Boy (1946), The Browning Version (1948), The Deep Blue Sea (1952), Separate Tables (1954), dan lain-lain.

Sir Terence Rattigan
CBE
Potret Rattigan karya Allan Warren
Lahir(1911-06-10)10 Juni 1911
South Kensington, London, Inggris
Meninggal30 November 1977(1977-11-30) (umur 66)
Hamilton, Bermuda
PekerjaanPengarang drama

Referensi sunting

  1. ^ Geoffrey Wansell. Terence Rattigan (London: Fourth Estate, 1995). ISBN 978-1-85702-201-8

Bacaan tambahan sunting

  • Hill, Holly: A Critical Analysis of the Plays of Terence Rattigan; doctoral dissertation, New York University, 1977;
  • Darlow, Michael; Hobson, Gillian: Terence Rattigan – The Man & His Work; London: Quartet Books, 1979 (2010);
  • Rusinko, Susan: Terence Rattigan; Boston: Twayne, 1983;
  • Young, B. A.: The Rattigan Version – The Theatre of Character; London: Hamish Hamilton, 1986;
  • Wansell, Geoffrey: Terence Rattigan – A Biography; London: Fourth Estate Limited, 1995 (2009).

Karya lainnya meliputi diskusi pada teater Rattigan:

  • O’Connor, Sean: Straight Acting – Popular Gay Drama from Wilde to Rattigan, London: Cassell, 1998;
  • Shellard, Dominic: British Theatre Since the War, New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 1999;
  • Innes, Christopher: Modern British Drama 1890–1990, 2nd Edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002/2009;
  • Billington, Michael: The State of the Nation, London: Faber, 2008
  • Rebellato, Dan: 1956 and All That – The Making of Modern British Drama, London: Routledge, 1999/2006.
    • See also Dan Rebellato's extensive Introductions to the more recent Nick Hern Books Editions of Rattigan's major plays.

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