A masterpiece of light comedy from Terence Rattigan, about a group of bright young things attempting to learn French on the Riviera amid myriad distractions.

French Without Tears is the play that first made Rattigan's name, and ran for over a thousand performances in the 1930s.

This edition includes an authoritative introduction, biographical sketch and chronology.

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'Few dramatists of this century have written with more understanding of the human heart than Terence Rattigan'