Flare Path [Drama On 3]

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 title of the play refers to the flares that were used to light runways to allow planes to take off and land but the flare paths were also used by the Germans to target the RAF planes.

In writing the play, Terence Rattigan drew on his experiences as a tail gunner in the RAF Coastal Command.

Cast

Peter Kyle - Rupert Penry Jones

Patricia Graham - Ruth Wilson

Teddy Graham - Rory Kinnear

Doris Skriczevinsky - Monica Dolan

Mrs Oakes - Una Stubbs

Count Skriczevinsky - Tom Goodman-Hill

Dusty Miller - Justin Salinger

Swanson - Julian Wadham

Percy - David Hartley

Maudie Miller - Kelly Shirley.

Exec Producer: Catherine Bailey

Directed by Jeremy Herrin (Deputy Artistic Director of the Royal Court) For Catherine Bailey Ltd

First broadcast in June 2011.

Terence Rattigan's 1941 love-triangle drama between a pilot, his wife and a film star.