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Rattigan´s Nijinsky
Nicholas Wright
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Description for Rattigan´s Nijinsky
Paperback. The extraordinary story of the relationship between the famous dancer Vaslav Nijinsky and the impresario Sergei Diaghilev, Nicholas Wright's play draws on an unproduced screenplay by Terence Rattigan and was first seen at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2011. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 130.
The extraordinary story of the relationship between the famous dancer Vaslav Nijinsky and the impresario Sergei Diaghilev, drawing on an unproduced screenplay by Terence Rattigan.
In a hotel room a once-lauded playwright meets Nijinsky's elderly widow, Romola, to fight over his latest play. Meanwhile, in the same room, Diaghilev and the young Romola fight over the tormented Nijinsky.
In 1974, Terence Rattigan wrote a television script for the BBC about the relationship between Diaghilev, the impresario behind the Ballets Russes, and Nijinsky, the most renowned dancer of all time, which Rattigan described as 'the greatest love story since ... Read moreRomeo and Juliet'. But the playwright withdrew the play and it was never produced. Now in this bold re-imagining of events, Nicholas Wright investigates why.
Nicholas Wright's play Rattigan's Nijinsky was first staged at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2011.
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Product Details
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
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About Nicholas Wright
Nicholas Wright is a leading British playwright. His plays include: 8 Hotels (Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 2019); an adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's novel The Slaves of Solitude (Hampstead Theatre, 2017); an adaptation of Pat Barker's novel Regeneration (Royal & Derngate, Northampton, 2014); Travelling Light (National Theatre, 2012); The Last of the Duchess (Hampstead Theatre, 2011); Rattigan's Nijinsky (Chichester Festival Theatre, 2011); ... Read moreThe Reporter (National Theatre, 2007); a version of Emile Zola's Therese Raquin (National Theatre, 2006); an adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials (National Theatre, 2003-4); Vincent In Brixton (National Theatre, 2002; winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Play); a version of Luigi Pirandello's Naked (Almeida Theatre, 1998); and Mrs Klein (National Theatre & West End, 1988). His writing about the theatre includes Changing Stages: A View of British Theatre in the Twentieth Century, co-written with Richard Eyre. Sir Terence Rattigan was one of the most popular English 20th-century dramatists. His first play, First Episode, was produced in 1934; his best-known later works include After the Dance, Flare Path, The Browning Version and The Deep Blue Sea. Many of his plays have been adapted for film, and are frequently revived. He also served as an RAF tail gunner in WWII. Show Less
Reviews for Rattigan´s Nijinsky
'Wright stylishly interlaces Rattigan's scenes with infinitely more fascinating ones of his own'
Evening Standard
'A richly entertaining study of artistic temperaments and attitudes to homosexuality in the early and mid 20th century'
portsmouth.co.uk
