Love in Idleness / Less Than Kind

by Terence Rattigan

Long out of print, now back in a new edition. A high-society hit on both sides of the Atlantic, the comedy turns on a triangle formed by a senior politician, his new wife and her truculent son.

Genres: Drama, Plays

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 10, 2012

About the author

Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan, CBE was a British dramatist. He was one of England's most popular mid twentieth century dramatists. His plays are typically set in an upper-middle-class background. He is known for such works as The Winslow Boy (1946), The Browning Version (1948), The Deep Blue Sea (1952) and Separate Tables (1954), among many others.

A troubled homosexual, who saw himself as an outsider, his plays "confronted issues of sexual frustration, failed relationships and adultery", and a world of repression and reticence.

Reviews

[clara]

For me, it’s a light comedy that I needed after a long day of work. It’s lovely <3