Biography
Terence Rattigan was a British dramatist and screenwriter. Born in South Kensington, London, he was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Oxford, before becoming a full-time playwright in 1934.
His stage works include French Without Tears (1936), The Winslow Boy (1946), The Browning Version (1948), The Deep Blue Sea (1952) and Separate Tables (1954). He adapted several of his plays for the screen, including The Winslow Boy (1948), The Browning Version (1951) and Separate Tables (1958), and wrote original screenplays such as The Sound Barrier (1952), The V.I.P.s (1963) and The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964).
Rattigan was appointed CBE in 1958 and knighted in 1971. He died in 1977.
