The Browning Version

& South Downs

​by Terence Rattigan & David Hare

Directed by Deborah Fabbro

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Terence Rattigan’s much loved masterpiece ,The Browning Version, follows a retiring classics teacher at an English public school in the 1940s whose personal struggles are eased by a meaningful parting gift from a pupil.

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David Hare’s South Downs, purpose written as a complementary piece, centres on a student grappling with belonging and friendship at school.

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Both plays draw from the authors’ own school experiences, exploring characters challenged by emotional expression and isolation who find transformation through kindness.  Rattigan spotlights the masters ; Hare focuses on the pupils .