Man and Boy
$42.53
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
5 February 2026
Summary
‘In finance, man makes his own miracles.’
Jazz, Broadway, and the Great Depression. In 1930s New York City, international financier Gregor Antonescu’s luck has finally run out. As news of a catastrophic business deal ripples across the world, he flees to the apartment of his estranged son Basil.
There, Gregor will need all of his ruthlessness and ingenuity to save his reputation and keep his empire from collapse. But will he risk using his only son as a pawn in one la…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839045240 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1839045248 |
| Author: | Terence Rattigan |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Imprint: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 5 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 194g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 13mm |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
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Critics Review
‘Remarkable… an extraordinary couple of hours of theatre… shockingly dark’
* Time Out *‘Eerily relevant… darkly comic power play… a still-potent provocation’
* Telegraph *‘An explosive story about the corruptions of capitalism with present-day echoes of Jeffrey Epstein’
* Guardian *‘Thrillingly monstrous… miles away from the clipped tones and class-bound stiffness associated (however wrongly) with Rattigan’
* London Standard *‘A surprisingly hard-edged play, upsetting in its subject matter and fierce in its execution… feels pressingly pertinent… has a savagery and sharpness that make it utterly compelling… The clarity of Rattigan’s writing still sounds like a clarion call’
* WhatsOnStage *‘Thrilling… wealth, power, dirty deals and sexual exploitation: this rarely revived drama by Terence Rattigan certainly strikes a nerve right now… the play leaps along in exuberantly grotesque fashion… both pertinent and darkly entertaining’
* The Stage *‘Visceral and astutely written’
* Broadway World *‘Hugely entertaining and provocative… screams of the here and now, its chilling resonance crashing off the stage in waves’
* Arts Desk *‘Dazzling… a tale that is very much of our times’
* Reviews Hub *‘A propulsive, rapid-fire experience, edged with a rippling darkness’
* London Theatre *About The Author
Terence Rattigan
Sir Terence Rattigan was one of the most popular English 20th-century dramatists. His first play, First Episode, was produced in 1934; his best-known later works include After the Dance, Flare Path, The Browning Version, and The Deep Blue Sea. Many of his plays have been adapted for film and are frequently revived. He also served as an RAF tail gunner in WWII.
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