Cause Célèbre
by Terence Rattigan

Name: Cause Célèbre
Brand: Terence Rattigan
SKU: 9780573110597
Rating: 3.71 (48 reviews)

Cause Célèbre Book Cover — Cause Célèbre Cover

Highlights

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Large Cast

Female

Male

1930s Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes British

Awards & Recognition

Olivier Award

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the clever writing and engaging storytelling of this play. Many find the themes of morality and hypocrisy resonate well, although some note that certain elements could evoke stronger emotions. The balance of fun and empathy also garners positive remarks.

Clever writing Engaging storytelling Resonates with themes Could evoke stronger emotions

Synopsis

Terence Rattigan Characters: 15 male, 5 female, 1 boy Unit set.

A woman on trial with her 20 years younger lover for the murder of her husband creates the title drama in this incendiary recreation of the infamous case of Alma Rattenbury and 18 year-old George Percy Stoner.

In 1935, when accused of murdering her husband in their Bournemouth home, the headlines created an early tabloid sensation as woman and boy both take the blame, while sexual freedom is cast in sharp relief against the the stifling morality of post-Victorian England.

From the celebrated author of Separate Tables and The Browning Version, Cause Celebre will be revived at London's Old Vic in Spring 2011.

"No one alive writes with such understanding of sexual love or with such profound pity for its victims."-Daily Telegraph, London