Terence Rattigan's first play, published for the first time in this edition to mark the centenary of his birth.
Written with his fellow student, Philip Heimann, while they were both at Oxford, First Episode shows an infatuated undergraduate, Tony, falling for Margot, an actress ten years his senior. And vice versa. Completing a triangle of rival affections is Tony's best friend, David.
Originally staged at a small experimental theatre in Kew in 1933, First Episode transferred to the West End and then to New York. Rattigan was twenty-two years old. Though not revived since then, it is a candidate – with its cast of eight – for rediscovery, much as was the now-feted After the Dance.
This edition in the Nick Hern Books Rattigan Collection includes an authoritative introduction by Rattigan scholar Dan Rebellato.
- ISBN13 9781848421639
- Publish Date 21 July 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Nick Hern Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 152
- Language English