Flare Path

A moving story of love and loyalty, courage and fear, based on Rattigan's own experiences as a tail gunner in the Second World War. 1942. The Falcon Hotel, on the Lincolnshire coast. RAF bomber pilot Teddy is celebrating a reunion with his actress wife Patricia. When Peter, Patricia's ex-lover and Hollywood heart-throb, arrives and an urgent bombing mission over Germany is ordered, Patricia finds herself at the centre of an emotional conflict as unpredictable as the war in the skies. This edition contains an authoritative introduction by Rattigan scholar Dan Rebellato. 'A three-handkerchief weepie that somehow manages to be both profoundly moving and wonderfully funny' Telegraph 'Devastating and uplifting' Evening Standard 'Tender, funny and overwhelmingly moving' The Arts Desk Annotation A moving story of love and loyalty, courage and fear, based on Rattigan's own experiences as a tail gunner in the Second World War. 1942. The Falcon Hotel, on the Lincolnshire coast. RAF bomber pilot Teddy is celebrating a reunion with his actress wife Patricia. When Peter, Patricia's ex-lover and Hollywood heart-throb, arrives and an urgent bombing mission over Germany is ordered, Patricia finds herself at the centre of an emotional conflict as unpredictable as the war in the skies. This edition contains an authoritative introduction by Rattigan scholar Dan Rebellato. 'the play provides, with Rattigan's characteristic flair for understatement, a deeply moving portrait of people at war' Guardian 'a three-handkerchief weepie that somehow manages to be both profoundly moving and wonderfully funny.' Telegraph 'classic Rattigan: undemonstrative emotional catharsis... be dragged with power, humour and truth out of whining modernity into a mindset where duty trumps desire' Times 'devastating and uplifting' Evening Standard 'tender, funny and overwhelmingly moving' Arts Desk 'Rattigan's insightful characteriations create a multilayered view of war and what it does to people.' Hollywood Reporter 1942. The Falcon Hotel, On The Lincolnshire Coast. Raf Bomber Pilot Teddy Is Celebrating A Reunion With His Actress Wife Patricia. When Peter, Patricia's Ex-lover And Hollywood Heart-throb, Arrives And An Urgent Bombing Mission Over Germany Is Ordered, Patricia Finds Herself At The Centre Of An Emotional Conflict As Unpredictable As The War In The Skies.--page 4 Of Cover. Terence Rattigan ; Introduced By Dan Rebellato. Includes Bibliographical References. Terence Rattigan's Flare Path, written while he was serving as an air gunner with the RAF during the Second World War, is a story of love and loyalty following a group of RAF airmen and their wives over the course of one day. It was first produced (after a short run in Oxford) at the Apollo Theatre, London, on 13 August 1942. A moving story of love and loyalty, courage and fear, based on Terence Rattigan's own experiences as a tail gunner in the Second World War.