Flare Path
| flare path | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Terence Rattigan |
| Characters | Patricia Graham Teddy Graham Peter Kyle Doris Count Skriczevinsky Dusty Miller Maudie Miller Sqn Ldr Swanson Mrs. Oakes Percy Wiggy Jones |
| Date premiered | 13 August 1942 |
| Place premiered | Apollo Theatre, London |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | Hotel near an RAF airbase during World War II |
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 play is based in part on Rattigan's own wartime experiences, and was significantly reworked and adapted for film as The Way to the Stars.