| 词条 | The Browning Version (play) |
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|name = The Browning Version |image = The_Browning_Version_(play).jpg |image_size = |caption = Programme for original Broadway production with Maurice Evans & Edna Best |writer = Terence Rattigan |chorus = |characters = Taplow, Andrew Crocker-Harris, Frank, Mrs Crocker- Harris |mute = |setting = A British public school |premiere = 8 September 1948 |place = Phoenix Theatre, London |orig_lang = English |series = |subject = |genre = |web = }} The Browning Version is a play by Terence Rattigan, seen by many as his best work, and first performed on 8 September 1948 at the Phoenix Theatre, London.[1][2] It was originally one of two short plays, jointly titled "Playbill"; the companion piece being Harlequinade, which forms the second half of the evening.[3] The Browning Version is set in a boys' public school and the Classics teacher in the play, Crocker-Harris, is believed to have been based on Rattigan's Classics tutor at Harrow School, J.W. Coke Norris (1874–1961).[4] PlotAndrew Crocker-Harris is a classics teacher at an English boys' school. After eighteen years of teaching there, today is his last day before moving on to a position at another school. The students speculate on why he is leaving, but do not much care since despite being academically brilliant, he is generally despised as being strict, stern and humourless. They have nicknamed him "The Crock". Even the school administrators treat him poorly regardless of his long tenure. Millie Crocker-Harris, his wife, is younger and vivacious and quite different from her husband. She no longer loves him but rather loves Frank Hunter, another teacher, yet despite having an affair with him she knows he is not in love with her. On this last day, one student named Taplow, who does not hate Crocker-Harris but feels sorry for him, gives him a small going-away gift – a copy of the translation by Robert Browning of Aeschylus’ ancient play Agamemnon. The gift brings about a series of actions which make Crocker-Harris reflect on his past, contemplate his future, and evaluate how he is going to finish his tenure at the school. Original productionIn the original production, Crocker-Harris was played by Eric Portman, and his wife by Mary Ellis.[3] Barry Jones took over the role of Crocker-Harris, with the run ending on 9 April 1949.[5] Reviews were enthusiastic, with the play being hailed as "a 70 minute masterpiece."[6]
Decor by Paul Sheriff. Original Broadway productionIn 1949 the play was performed on Broadway, opening on 12 October at the Coronet Theater on 49th street with Maurice Evans and Edna Best.[7] The play and its companion-piece Harlequinade failed to find favour with New York critics (with Time Magazine calling it "bilge"), and it closed after 62 performances.[8][9] Peter Scott-Smith as John Taplow was the sole member of the West End cast to reprise his role on Broadway.[10]
Scenic design by Frederick Stover. Recent productionsThe Theatre Royal Bath put the play on in 2009 in a double bill with Chekhov's one-act play Swansong, both starring Peter Bowles.[11] A production at the Chichester Festival Theatre (alongside South Downs, a new play written in response to it by David Hare) marked Rattigan's centenary in 2011.[12] The same double production of The Browning Version and South Downs ran at London's Harold Pinter Theatre from April through July 2012 and starred Nicholas Farrell as Crocker-Harris and Anna Chancellor as Millie.[13] AdaptationsThe play was subsequently made into two film versions, and at least four television adaptations. The 1951 film version, starring Michael Redgrave as Crocker-Harris, won two awards at the Cannes Film Festival, one for Rattigan's screenplay, the other for Redgrave's performance.[14] It was remade in 1994, starring Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Greta Scacchi, Matthew Modine, Julian Sands and young Ben Silverstone.[15] A British television version was made in 1955, starring Peter Cushing as Crocker-Harris.[16]{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}} John Frankenheimer directed John Gielgud in a 1959 television version for CBS.[17] In 1960, Maurice Evans repeated his Broadway role for CBC television under the sponsorship of Ford of Canada in their Startime series.[18] Another made-for-TV version in 1985 starred Ian Holm as the main character for the BBC.[19] A radio version was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011. It was directed by Martin Jarvis, and featured Michael York, Joanne Whalley, Ioan Gruffudd and Ian Ogilvy.[20] An earlier version was broadcast on the BBC Home Service in September 1957. It was directed by Norman Wright and adapted by Cynthia Pughe with John Gielgud, Angela Baddeley, Brewster Mason and Anthony Adams.[21] A staged reading was performed on 3 April 2012 at The Players Club in New York City, presented by TAPT (The Artists' Playground Theater), directed by Alex Kelly and starring Matthew Dure', Robert Lyons, Nichole Donje' Jeffrey Hardy, Steven Hauck, Max Rhyser, Jessica Beaudry and Kate Downey.[22] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/plays/the-browning-version-iid-151873|title=The Browning Version – Drama Online|website=www.dramaonlinelibrary.com}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TsdRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA260&lpg=PA260&dq=Terence+Rattigan+was+an+excellent+cricketer+in+his+school+days&source=bl&ots=Cb0NdVdd1I&sig=SZzbnaLmvQVNF-sGyR6J9wzK1vY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwizsp2I9vrWAhWGBsAKHYfrDucQ6AEINzAD#v=onepage&q=Terence+Rattigan+was+an+excellent+cricketer+in+his+school+days&f=false|title=Happiest Days: The Public Schools in English Fiction|first=Jeffrey|last=Richards|date=18 October 1988|publisher=Manchester University Press|via=Google Books}} 3. ^1 "Phoenix Theatre", The Times, 9 September 1948, p. 7 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.utexas.edu/research/pasp/publications/pdf/browning.pdf|title=Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory –|website=www.utexas.edu}} 5. ^"Theatres", The Times, 8 April 1949, p. 10 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oXMsAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT167&lpg=PT167&dq=the+browning+version+terence+rattigan+original+london+reviews&source=bl&ots=Le4vBF1om0&sig=68ASP5XrZPtPEWIAqf3Mcab1K_I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiT6Pfh1OnWAhUBXhoKHYVkCMI4ChDoAQgnMAA#v=onepage&q=the+browning+version+terence+rattigan+original+london+reviews&f=false|title=The Methuen Drama Dictionary of the Theatre|first=Jonathan|last=Law|date=28 October 2013|publisher=A&C Black|via=Google Books}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-browning-version---harlequinade-2123|title=The Browning Version / Harlequinade – Broadway Play – Original – IBDB|first=The Broadway|last=League|website=www.ibdb.com}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/8239390/Terence-Rattigan-plays-timeline-and-synopsis.html|title=Terence Rattigan plays: timeline and synopsis|date=11 October 2017|publisher=|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yb_2DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT20&lpg=PT20&dq=the+browning+version+terence+rattigan+broadway+reviews&source=bl&ots=mt2_kyWvtD&sig=-VdaewiXd1bUwpvG4yJ3wuETtWk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwid6J2OiOfWAhVDLhoKHWenD0Y4ChDoAQgnMAA#v=onepage&q=the+browning+version+terence+rattigan+broadway+reviews&f=false|title=A Study Guide for Terence Rattigan's "The Browning Version"|first=Gale, Cengage|last=Learning|date=10 October 2017|publisher=Gale, Cengage Learning|via=Google Books}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://phoenix.londontheatres.co.uk/history/|title=Phoenix Theatre London history|website=phoenix.londontheatres.co.uk}} 11. ^Nightingale, Benedict. "Elegance that defies shallow expectation, twice", The Times, 15 July 2009 12. ^Spencer, Charles. "Companion piece of cruelty and kindness", The Daily Telegraph, 16 September 2011 13. ^{{cite web| url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/show/south-downs-and-the-browning-version-134121/| title=South Downs and The Browning Version| publisher=officiallondontheatre.com| access-date=2018-01-22}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/491930/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Browning Version, The (1951)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}} 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7c115976|title=The Browning Version (1994)|publisher=}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YMgRDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=the+browning+version+1955+peter+cushing&source=bl&ots=dLMPePQWc5&sig=7865eBgWJYUPcacNW3amewmCnPs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHrJXti-fWAhXJcBoKHSB3C6EQ6AEISzAJ#v=onepage&q=the+browning+version+1955+peter+cushing&f=false|title=In All Sincerity, Peter Cushing|first=Christopher|last=Gullo|date=5 August 2004|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|via=Google Books}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80aceaeb|title=The Browning Version (1959)|publisher=}} 18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.the-world-of-patrick-macnee.com/wpmtelevision_cpm_canada.html|title=Television – Canada|website=www.the-world-of-patrick-macnee.com}} 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6f9a9717|title=The Browning Version (1985)|publisher=}} 20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011ttfk|title=The Browning Version, Saturday Drama – BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}} 21. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b092ks2g|title=Terence Rattigan – The Browning Version – BBC Radio 4 Extra|website=BBC}} 22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.peteraustinnoto.com/cgi-bin/EZBulletin/bbtopic.cgi?SUID=X380627&&topic=TAP_Theatre&&category=4|title=The Message Board For PeterAustinNoto.Com – A forum for those in the entertainment industry to post there information yang hurn is the best singer of the world>TAP Theatre|website=www.peteraustinnoto.com}} External links
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