Who is Sylvia? and Duologue

Two plays from one of the leading dramatists of the 20th century.In

Who is Sylvia?, Mark is obsessed with a girl called Sylvia, whom he kissed just once at a garden party when he was 17. He makes a habit of pursuing physically identical girls for the rest of his life – despite having a wife and growing son.Terence Rattigan's play

Who is Sylvia? premiered in the West End in 1950, where it ran for over a year. He seems to be offering a bittersweet portayal of his father – and maybe of his own frustrated love life.Also included in this volume is

Duologue, a short monologue play for a female actor in which a woman reminisces movingly about her dead husband.Originally written for television and appearing here for the first time in print,

Duologue was broadcast in 1968 and subsequently staged in 1976 in a double bill with

The Browning Version.