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Rattigan

(ˈrætɪɡən)

(Biography) Sir Terence Mervyn. 1911–77, English playwright. His plays include The Winslow Boy (1946), Separate Tables (1954), and Ross (1960)

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Rattigan - British playwright (1911-1977)

Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan, Terence Rattigan

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After last week's walk from Regal Chowk to Lohari Gate and then on towards Delhi Gate, last Thursday I decided to walk from Iqbal Hostel towards Bradlaugh Hall and survey what remains of the old Rattigan Road to relive the memories of my youth.

Harking Back: Bradlaugh, Bhagat and the evil side of commerce

NOTORIOUS mobster Fat Freddie Thompson was allowed to hold a secret meeting with drug lord Brian "King Ratt" Rattigan in a bid to move to a different block of a prison.

FAT FREDDIE AND KING RATT IN JAIL FACE-OFF; Pair met to OK Thompson move to new cell block; 'Concern' at inmates calling shots in prison

Jim McPhee, Steve Rattigan, Lorna Ramsay and LornaWilliams, who all hail from the town, will be part of the 30-strong cast of performers from Windmill Productions bringing the much-loved Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical to the stage.

Buddies are off to Buenos Aires

Brian "King Ratt" Rattigan, was busted with the device last year by prison guards in the high-security Portlaoise Prison in Ireland.

Gangland killer caught 'running empire' from behind bars with [pounds sterling]1,700 mobile phone; Brian 'King Ratt' Rattigan, who was jailed for the manslaughter of Declan Gavin, was busted by guards in the high-security Portlaoise Prison in Ireland

BRIAN Rattigan is fuming in his jail cell in maximum-security Portlaoise after his hi-tech mobile phone was seized.

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They visited polling stations set up at Government Central Model School Rattigan Road, Government College of Technology for Woman Lytton Road, Hailey College, Punjab University old Campus, and Government Lady Mclagan Higher Secondary School.

Provincial election commissioner visited polling stations

Flare Path, by Terence Rattigan, is a highly-charged drama set in Lincolnshire in 1941, when RAF bomber squadrons were flying nightly sorties deep into German territory.

Homage to RAF on stage

Pools' first goal came from a fantastic solo Lewis Rattigan run.

Storming start for Guisborough United

James Rattigan, 67, vowed to kill Kenny McLaughin and his family and burn their house down after they parked their car outside his house.

Racially abused .. for being Scottish; AXE-WIELDING PENSIONER DODGES JAIL OAP claimed vile jibes were directed at his telly during Celtic match

Edward Rattigan pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to the theft of cash from the reception desk at the Premier Inn, Coventry, in May and the attempted robbery of the night porter.

Burglar threatened hotel night porter with screwdriver

The National Theatre will again be at our doorstep via a screening of the performance The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan at the Thoc new building in Nicosia on Tuesday.

The depths of a love triangle

The touring production of Terence Rattigan's 1936 vintage comedy is packed with farce and satire.