{"product_id":"9781848421646-love-in-idlenesless-than-kind","title":"Love in Idleness\/Less Than Kind","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third in Terence Rattigan's unofficial trilogy of war plays, published alongside an earlier version of the play, \u003cem\u003eLess Than Kind\u003c\/em\u003e, never staged during Rattigan's lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove in Idleness\u003c\/em\u003e is the third in Terence Rattigan's unofficial trilogy of war plays (after \u003cem\u003eFlare Path\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhile the Sun Shines\u003c\/em\u003e). It is published here alongside an earlier version of the play, \u003cem\u003eLess Than Kind\u003c\/em\u003e, which was never staged during Rattigan's lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael, eighteen, returns to wartime London from schooling in Canada, brimming with youthful left-wing convictions. Reunited with his mother, he is alarmed as he begins to realise that she is the mistress of a leading member of the war cabinet. Sparks fly between the idealistic younger man and the pragmatic politician, while the mother is torn between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove in Idleness\u003c\/em\u003e was first staged at the Lyric Theatre, London, in December 1944, in a version rewritten by Rattigan at the request of the production's stars, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe earlier version of the play, \u003cem\u003eLess Than Kind\u003c\/em\u003e, was never staged and remained unpublished until 2011, the centenary of Rattigan's birth\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eThat version was premiered at Jermyn Street Theatre, London, in January 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents both plays in full so that readers may judge for themselves which is the better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes an authoritative introduction by Dan Rebellato, a biographical sketch and chronology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41673789309025,"sku":"9781848421646","price":11.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27283483.jpg?v=1721637681","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848421646-love-in-idlenesless-than-kind","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}