Terence Rattigan - biography

“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.”

“Will this new play be good or bad?  Nothing else matters.  Nothing at all.”

Terence Rattigan contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
Gypsy (1937)
French Without Tears (1940)
Quiet Wedding (1941)
The Day Will Dawn (1942)
Uncensored (1942)
English Without Tears (1944)
The Way to the Stars (1945)
Journey Together (1946)
Brighton Rock (1947)
While the Sun Shines (1947)
Bond Street (1948)
The Winslow Boy (1948)
The Browning Version (1951)
The Sound Barrier (1952)
The Final Test (1953)
The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955)
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
Separate Tables (1958)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Bequest to the Nation (1973)
The Browning Version (1994)
The Deep Blue Sea (2011)