The Terence Rattigan Society

“A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute.”
Terence Rattigan

Welcome to the Terence Rattigan Society which was founded in 2011, the centenary of Sir Terence Rattigan’s birth, to celebrate the work and life of one of the twentieth century’s greatest playwrights. Terence Rattigan was a prolific and highly acclaimed author of plays and film scripts, his best-known works including French Without Tears, The Winslow Boy, The Browning Version, The Deep Blue Sea and Separate Tables.

Benefits of membership include:

  • A regular newsletter
  • Theatre trips with optional lunches/suppers
  • Post-show discussions with cast members and directors
  • An annual Birthday Dinner at venues such as the Garrick, Oxford and Cambridge, Savile and RAF Clubs
  • Visits to leading drama schools to see Rattigan plays
  • Visits to places where Rattigan lived and worked