First Episode, Jermyn Street Theatre
Rediscovered work offers aficionados a tantalising piece of the puzzle. Terence Rattigan's callow debut, reborn after 80 years in obscurity, bears the hallmarks of his later plays, notably closeted ardour and the torment of unequal passion, but is more study than finished painting: ideas sketched, colour yet to be filled in. It does, however, have the distinction of at least partial veracity, inspired by the influx o…