Talk:Terence Rattigan

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Performances of Terence Rattigan's plays listed in University of Bristol Archive  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nigelgreenx (talk • contribs) 21:59, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
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message: In trying to track down whether a capital C is use for célèbre in the title of this play and TV film. First the play - every site that I went to - including this  and this  and this  - spell it with a capital C. So I will be changing back my edit of earlier to reflect this.
As to the 1987 TV version there is conflicting info. IMDb uses a lower case c  but we know how that website is viewed for use here at wikipedia. The region one DVD cover  uses a capial C and the region four dvd cover does the same . However, these may not reflect the actual opening credits used. Unfortunately, my VHS copy from last century is buried in a box somewhere so I have ordered the DVD and as soom as I get a chance to view it I will update this message and the various pages that we have listed this on if needed. If any of you have further info please add it here with my thanks. MarnetteD | Talk 17:14, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Update - The opening credits for both episodes use a capital C so I will make the change on the main page. MarnetteD | Talk 10:59, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Capital C for Cause C/célèbre?

message: According to the first line of the Wikipedia biog, Rattign's influence as a writer extended only to England. However, http://www.terencerattigan.co.uk/biography.html (which is listed in the references) states 'He was a dramatist who wrote some of the most memorable and important plays of the twentieth century'. I have removed the reference to England.
Robata (talk) 07:46, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Influence 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The section Life and career mentions Anthony Goldsmith in the second paragraph, and Lieutenant Tony Goldsmith in the third. Are these the same person? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 09:16, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Goldsmith 

message: As a gay man, this pointless reference and its accompanying out-of-date citation is offensive. I removed the reference to Rattigan's sexuality because it is at best spurious, and at worst prurient.
The provided citation is a blurb on a BBC programme that is not even available any longer. His sexuality is mentioned later and in good context, please, this is Wikipedia, not the tabloid press from the 1970s.
As contributors and indeed as historians, we need to be sensitive to changing trends and this reads very unpleasantly - no-one would ever say of David Hare that "he was a <insert adjective here> heterosexual" - references to gay people should be no more no less than everyone else's. Ask yourself - is the most important aspect to Rattigan that he were gay? No - so let's take the seaside postcode out of it please. 
Suggest the following:
Rattigan wrote a number of plays which centred on issues of sexual frustration, failed relationships, or a world of repression and reticence. 86.26.229.65 (talk) 20:30, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope. Wikipedia is not censored. Rattigan was born in 1911, and the troubles of his homosexual life greatly informed his life, attitudes, and writings, and are indeed a most important aspect of his life, particluarly in regard to what he is known for. Just because you are an out gay man living in the 21st century doesn't mean you get to remove relevant references to historical persons' sexuality in Wikipedia articles. Why don't you watch the documentary (it's on YouTube) and learn something, and maybe develop compassion for the playwright? And the documentary is from 2011, so it's not "outdated" or "out-of-date". Softlavender (talk) 21:12, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove reference to sexuality and outdated citation