The Browning Version, Terence Rattigan
The Browning Version, Terence Rattigan
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The Browning Version

Author: Terence Rattigan

Narrator: Martin Jarvis, Steven Brand, Devon Sorvari

Unabridged: 1 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2013

Categories: Fiction, Drama


Synopsis

In Terence Rattigan’s classic drama, an aging schoolmaster at an English secondary school faces the harsh judgments of his students, his fellow teachers, and his vicious and spiteful wife. But can a lone act of kindness from a sympathetic student change his heart?

This recording also includes an interview with Michael Darlow, the author of “Terence Rattigan: The Man and His Work”.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Steven Brand as Frank Hunter
Martin Jarvis as Andrew Crocker-Harris
Ian Ogilvy as The Headmaster
Darren Richardson as Peter Gilbert
Devon Sorvari as Mrs. Gilbert
Kate Steele as Millie Crocker-Harris
Daniel Stewart as John Taplow

Directed by Peter Levin. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave

I don't recall reading this play and certainly never saw it or one of its film adaptations, but enjoyed this morning listening to an LA Theater Works production of it while out on a run, so will now check it out of the library. I am an older teacher, so could connect to it a bit more easily now than......more

Goodreads review by Yngvild

Although The Browning Version is a classic on stage and film, partly because the main roles are so attractive to the best actors, it is worth reading, because you see different aspects of the play on page. For example, although Terence Rattigan’s retiring schoolmaster is almost always played on stag......more

Goodreads review by sayana

good morning i am crying 👍👍......more

Goodreads review by Jazzy

A kind schoolmaster deals with troubles at home and at school.......more

Goodreads review by Keith

Pretty high-brow, but if you know Aeschylus' Agamemnon backwards and forwards you will thoroughly enjoy this book. The two film versions are excellent. One stars Michael Redgravev (1951) and is black and white, the other is much more recent (1994) and boasts magnificent performances by Albert Finney......more