Flare Path

Tags: Play.

Flare Path is a play by Terence Rattigan written in 1941 and first staged in 1942. Set in a hotel near an RAF Bomber Command airbase during the Second World War the story involves a love triangle between a pilot his actress wife and a famous film star. The play is based in part on Rattigan’s own wartime experiences. Flare Path was later adapted as the film The Way to the Stars.

author

Terence Rattigan

character in play

Count Skriczevinsky, Doris, Dusty Miller, Maudie Miller, Mrs. Oakes, Patricia Graham, Percy, Peter Kyle, Sqn Ldr Swanson, Teddy Graham

premiere date

1942-08-13

premiere place

Apollo Theatre

premiere year

1942-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

setting of play

Hotel near an RAF airbase during World War II.