Excellent in every way, both Part I and II. Well researched and very well conducted. I have always admired Terence Rattigan and think he was the greatest English playwright between the 1940's and the 1970's solely on the basis of his ability to construct plays that are stageworthy, written with a deep sense of truth and flair, centered on characters that are real human beings, using dialogue that actors can speak and make the most of in terms of emotional resonance. All other British playwrights of the period pale in comparison, except Coward in his best comedies. Rattigan's plays are indeed "well-made" in the best possible sense. I can understand what the younger playwrights (Osborne, Wesker, Pinter, Orton, to name a few) were doing, and think they were perfectly right in trying to create plays that were open to socially-relevant themes, and I particularly admire Pinter as a great writer, but all these new voices do not keep Rattigan's music from fascinating me and touching a deep chord in the most profound of my being. I think many other people would probably feel as I do if they opened themselves to the experience of reading Rattigan or seeing his plays performed by a good, well-trained, inspired company.
Excellent in every way. I honestly just came for BC (love him so much) and yet enjoyed learning about Sir Rattigan. (need to see "the deep blue sea" again) Thank you for uploading this!
16:21 when he says "reputation" ...can't stop thinking of Sherlock's drunk "I have an international reputation, do you have n international reputation?" Lol
Big Cumberbatch fan. Just watched the first part without interruption. Then all of a sudden the second stalls at one minute seven seconds. I am beginning to hate UA-cam. It's so strange that my commercials never stutter. But my videos pause with no hope of a recovery. I would pay Fios for an extra bit of bandwidth, only that's not the problem. If we weren't in an internet monopoly we could at least change the channel. Please come back video I sat though a commercial for...
Excellent in every way, both Part I and II. Well researched and very well conducted. I have always admired Terence Rattigan and think he was the greatest English playwright between the 1940's and the 1970's solely on the basis of his ability to construct plays that are stageworthy, written with a deep sense of truth and flair, centered on characters that are real human beings, using dialogue that actors can speak and make the most of in terms of emotional resonance. All other British playwrights of the period pale in comparison, except Coward in his best comedies. Rattigan's plays are indeed "well-made" in the best possible sense. I can understand what the younger playwrights (Osborne, Wesker, Pinter, Orton, to name a few) were doing, and think they were perfectly right in trying to create plays that were open to socially-relevant themes, and I particularly admire Pinter as a great writer, but all these new voices do not keep Rattigan's music from fascinating me and touching a deep chord in the most profound of my being. I think many other people would probably feel as I do if they opened themselves to the experience of reading Rattigan or seeing his plays performed by a good, well-trained, inspired company.
Thank you for uploading this. Came for BC, but learnt so much more. Its wonderful how BC lends his voice and compels us to learn.
Came for Ben, enjoyed learning about a great British playwright! Very awesome upload!
Excellent in every way. I honestly just came for BC (love him so much) and yet enjoyed learning about Sir Rattigan. (need to see "the deep blue sea" again) Thank you for uploading this!
Brilliant, thank you for posting this!
16:21 when he says "reputation" ...can't stop thinking of Sherlock's drunk "I have an international reputation, do you have n international reputation?" Lol
Am I the only one who watched this only to stare and swoon over his amazing voice? :)
thank you for uploading this :)
Big Cumberbatch fan. Just watched the first part without interruption. Then all of a sudden the second stalls at one minute seven seconds. I am beginning to hate UA-cam. It's so strange that my commercials never stutter. But my videos pause with no hope of a recovery. I would pay Fios for an extra bit of bandwidth, only that's not the problem. If we weren't in an internet monopoly we could at least change the channel. Please come back video I sat though a commercial for...
yes, thank you!!
finally Benedict has met someone with a weirder name than him... Benedict Cumberbatch meet Benedict Nightingale
During the war, Rattigan served in the Royal Air Force as a tail gunner
Disappointed there's no reference to Ross, Rattigan's excellent play about T.E. Lawrence. Oh well, can't have everything.
Benedict Nightingale! That might even be better than Cumberbatch!
Oh lord, he is so grrrrrr
And..... and ginger-batch *loves*
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