Terence Rattigan — British Dramatist born on June 10, 1911, died on November 30, 1977

Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan, CBE was a British dramatist. He was one of England's most popular mid twentieth century dramatists. His plays are typically set in an upper-middle-class background. He is known for such works as The Winslow Boy, The Browning Version, The Deep Blue Sea and Separate Tables, among many others... (wikipedia)

A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute.
Will this new play be good or bad? Nothing else matters. Nothing at all.