Flare Path

flare path
flare path
Written by	Terence Rattigan
Characters	Patricia Graham; Teddy Graham; Peter Kyle; Doris; Count Skriczevinsky; Dusty Miller; Maudie Miller; Sqn Ldr Swanson; Mrs. Oakes; Percy; Wiggy Jones
Date premiered	13 August 1942
Place premiered	Apollo Theatre, London
Genre	Drama
Setting	Hotel near an RAF airbase during World War II

Flare Path is a play by Terence Rattigan, written in 1941 and first staged in 1942.^[1] Set in a hotel near an RAF Bomber Command airbase during the Second World War, the story involves a love triangle between a pilot, his actress wife and a famous film star. The play is based in part on Rattigan's own wartime experiences,^[2] and was significantly reworked and adapted for film as The Way to the Stars.^[3]

^ Darlow, Michael, "Terence Rattigan, Biography – War" Archived 18 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Official Terence Rattigan website. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
^ "Flare Path – Dramaturgy" Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The Actors Company Theatre, October 2004. Retrieved 2011-02-05
^ "Looking for Flying Officer Rattigan, Group Captain Clive Montellier RAF, 2013" (PDF). The Terence Rattigan Society. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

[Darlow-1] Darlow, Michael, "Terence Rattigan, Biography – War" Archived 18 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Official Terence Rattigan website. Retrieved 2011-02-22.

[TACT-2] "Flare Path – Dramaturgy" Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The Actors Company Theatre, October 2004. Retrieved 2011-02-05

[3] "Looking for Flying Officer Rattigan, Group Captain Clive Montellier RAF, 2013" (PDF). The Terence Rattigan Society. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

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