French Without Tears (Acting Edition S.)

by TerenceRattigan (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2015

  $17.07

  This comedy by the author of Separate Tables and The Winslow Boy premiered in London with Rex Harrison, Trevor Howard and Jessica Tandy in the cast. At a villa on the South Coast of France, a group of young men are being coached in French by a gentleman and his daughter, Jacqueline. Learning French is hard, but the experience is made easier by the presence of the glamorous Diana Lake who proceeds to charm the boys one-by-one until she decamps back to London leaving the forlorn suitors to the willing Jacqueline.

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $3.25

  This is the definitive edition of Rattigan's classic comedy re-issued alongside nationwide tour by English Touring Theatre. French Without Tears is the play that first made Rattigan's name at the age of 25, when it ran for over a thousand performances in the 1930s. In this masterpiece of light comedy, a group of 'bright young things' are attempting to learn French on the Riviera, and in fact doing anything but. NHB's definitive edition, with an extensive introduction and chronology by Dan Rebellato, is re-issued alongside a new production by English Touring Theatre, which will be seen all over the UK.