WRITER

Terence Rattigan

1911 - 1977

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Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan (10 June 1911 – 30 November 1977) was a British dramatist and screenwriter. He was one of England's most popular mid-20th-century dramatists. His plays are typically set in an upper-middle-class background. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terence Rattigan has received more than 634,967 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Terence Rattigan is the 5,621st most popular writer (down from 5,451st in 2019), the 4,337th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,493rd in 2019) and the 487th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The deep blue sea
Drama texts: from c 1900 -, Performing Arts/Dance, Drama
The collected plays of Terence Rattigan
Ross
Drama
The Winslow boy
Boys, Trials, Fathers and sons
Separate tables
Drama, Marriage, Love-hate relationships
The sleeping prince
Ross
Drama, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)
The sleeping prince
The deep blue sea
Drama texts: from c 1900 -, Performing Arts/Dance, Drama
Separate tables
Drama, Marriage, Love-hate relationships
For contents, see Author Catalog.
Adventure story
The Winslow boy
Boys, Trials, Fathers and sons

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Terence Rattigan ranks 5,621 out of 7,302Before him are Blas de Otero, Pietro Citati, József Bajza, Lin Carter, David Benioff, and Max Eastman. After him are Josip Jurčič, John Gardner, Richard D. Ryder, Federico De Roberto, Elvira Lindo, and Henry van Dyke Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Terence Rattigan ranks 316Before him are Bruno Ahlberg, Paul Grégoire, Philibert Smellinckx, Rıfat Ilgaz, Gusztáv Juhász, and Eduardo González Valiño. After him are René Bougnol, André Saeys, John Gorton, Sten Suvio, Betty Nuthall, and Robert Lamoot. Among people deceased in 1977, Terence Rattigan ranks 220Before him are Ernest Leonard Johnson, Jorge Pardon, Américo Tesoriere, Philibert Smellinckx, Edgar Basel, and José Naya. After him are Bukka White, Marston Morse, Helen Ferguson, H. A. Rey, Nunnally Johnson, and Hans Pulver.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Terence Rattigan ranks 4,337 out of 8,785Before him are Pino Palladino (1957), Ray Park (1974), Jarvis Cocker (1963), David Goodall (1914), Sam Brown (1964), and Amy Macdonald (1987). After him are Euphemia de Ross (1333), A. V. Dicey (1835), John Gardner (1926), William Henry Dean (1887), Richard D. Ryder (1940), and Michael Crawford (1942).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Terence Rattigan ranks 487Before him are Paula Yates (1959), Susanna Clarke (1959), Beryl Markham (1902), Aubrey de Grey (1963), George Lillo (1691), and Mark Haddon (1962). After him are John Gardner (1926), Richard D. Ryder (1940), Stephen Spender (1909), George William Russell (1867), Hanif Kureishi (1954), and Jeanette Winterson (1959).