{"product_id":"9781848421639-first-episode","title":"First Episode","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerence Rattigan's first play, published for the first time in this edition to mark the centenary of his birth. With an authoritative introduction by Rattigan scholar Dan Rebellato. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerence Rattigan's first play, published for the first time in this edition to mark the centenary of his birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with his fellow student, Philip Heimann, while they were both at Oxford, \u003cem\u003eFirst Episode\u003c\/em\u003e shows an infatuated undergraduate, Tony, falling for Margot, an actress ten years his senior. And vice versa. Completing a triangle of rival affections is Tony's best friend, David.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally staged at a small experimental theatre in Kew in 1933, \u003cem\u003e First Episode\u003c\/em\u003e transferred to the West End and then to New York. Rattigan was twenty-two years old. Though not revived since then, it is a candidate – with its cast of eight – for rediscovery, much as was the now-feted \u003cem\u003eAfter the Dance\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition in the Nick Hern Books \u003cem\u003eRattigan Collection\u003c\/em\u003e includes an authoritative introduction by Rattigan scholar Dan Rebellato. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41610636394593,"sku":"9781848421639","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27282244.jpg?v=1721637601","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848421639-first-episode","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}