{"product_id":"9781848421653-rattigan-classics-who-is-sylvia-1950","title":"Who is Sylvia? and Duologue","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo plays from one of the leading dramatists of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo plays from one of the leading dramatists of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWho is Sylvia?\u003c\/em\u003e, Mark is obsessed with a girl called Sylvia, whom he kissed just once at a garden party when he was 17. He makes a habit of pursuing physically identical girls for the rest of his life - despite having a wife and growing son.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTerence Rattigan's play \u003cem\u003eWho is Sylvia?\u003c\/em\u003e premiered in the West End in 1950, where it ran for over a year. He seems to be offering a bittersweet portayal of his father - and maybe of his own frustrated love life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this volume is \u003cem\u003eDuologue\u003c\/em\u003e, a short monologue play for a female actor in which a woman reminisces movingly about her dead husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally written for television and appearing here for the first time in print, \u003cem\u003eDuologue\u003c\/em\u003e was broadcast in 1968 and subsequently staged in 1976 in a double bill with \u003cem\u003eThe Browning Version\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41610636427361,"sku":"9781848421653","price":11.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27283264.jpg?v=1721637607","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848421653-rattigan-classics-who-is-sylvia-1950","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}