I mean, I also wouldn't trust anyone but Rattigan to do it right, but that doesn't stop a person wishing for it!
That makes sense - the tone and the character voices are definitely hard to get right. I think my craving for more fic overrides any worries about that fic not sounding right (I've read all five existing stories on Ao3 multiple times and enjoyed them immensely), but I can understand why you might feel that way <3
And I hope you enjoy the BBC collection! I think the casting/performance of Arthur Winslow was the highlight of the 1977 version for me: Nigel Hawthorne is very good, but to me he feels a bit too...soft and cuddly. The actor playing him in the 1977 adaptation feels more formidable and more like the Edwardian patriarch that Rattigan intended him to be: you can understand why Ronnie was afraid to show him the letter, and that he loves his family but has no idea how to express it without leaving character; his decline throughout the play was very movingly done too.
I haven't actually read or watched any other Rattigan plays - TWB was my first introduction to him! What would be the best one to sample next, in your opinion?
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That makes sense - the tone and the character voices are definitely hard to get right. I think my craving for more fic overrides any worries about that fic not sounding right (I've read all five existing stories on Ao3 multiple times and enjoyed them immensely), but I can understand why you might feel that way <3
And I hope you enjoy the BBC collection! I think the casting/performance of Arthur Winslow was the highlight of the 1977 version for me: Nigel Hawthorne is very good, but to me he feels a bit too...soft and cuddly. The actor playing him in the 1977 adaptation feels more formidable and more like the Edwardian patriarch that Rattigan intended him to be: you can understand why Ronnie was afraid to show him the letter, and that he loves his family but has no idea how to express it without leaving character; his decline throughout the play was very movingly done too.
I haven't actually read or watched any other Rattigan plays - TWB was my first introduction to him! What would be the best one to sample next, in your opinion?