The Browning Version
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The Browning Version is a 1948 stage play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan that portrays the emotional and professional decline of a repressed, aging schoolmaster at an English public school.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Browning Version (1951 film) | 1 |
| The Browning Version (1985 television film) | 1 |
| The Browning Version (1994 film) | 1 |
| The Browning Version (stage) | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
one-act play
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stage play ⓘ |
| author | Terence Rattigan ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | translation of Aeschylus by Robert Browning ⓘ |
| centralConflict | Crocker-Harris's confrontation with his own failure ⓘ |
| centralRelationship |
Andrew Crocker-Harris and his pupils
ⓘ
Andrew Crocker-Harris and his wife Millie ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | considered one of Terence Rattigan's finest works ⓘ |
| dramaticDevice | farewell presentation scene ⓘ |
| dramaticFocus | character study of a failing teacher ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | realist drama ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1948 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| firstPublisher | Hamish Hamilton ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Browning Version
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Browning Version (1951 film)
The Browning Version self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Browning Version (1985 television film)
The Browning Version self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Browning Version (1994 film)
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| hasCompanionPiece | Harlequinade ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British class system
ⓘ
classics education ⓘ middle age crisis ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century British drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Andrew Crocker-Harris ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | classics schoolmaster ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Frank Hunter
ⓘ
Millie Crocker-Harris ⓘ Taplow ⓘ |
| oftenPerformedWith | Harlequinade ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalMedium | theatre ⓘ |
| partOf | Separate Tables and Other Plays (collections of Rattigan plays) ⓘ |
| setting | English public school ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
English public school
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schoolmaster ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional repression
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failure ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ professional decline ⓘ redemption ⓘ unfulfilled potential ⓘ |
| titleReference | Robert Browning's translation of Aeschylus' Agamemnon ⓘ |
| tone |
melancholic
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tragic ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Browning Version (1951 film)
this entity surface form:
The Browning Version (1985 television film)
this entity surface form:
The Browning Version (1994 film)
this entity surface form:
The Browning Version (stage)