Taplow laughed at Crocker-Harris's joke in "The Browning Version" because he recognized it as an attempt by the teacher to connect with him, despite Crocker-Harris's typically stern demeanor. The laughter also reflects Taplow's awareness of the absurdity of the situation, as he is caught between his respect for Crocker-Harris and the humor in the teacher's rare attempt at light-heartedness. This moment highlights the complexities of their teacher-student relationship and the underlying tensions in the narrative.
crocker -harris is teacher in taplow's school .he is very strict.he is a man of discipline. he is true to his duty.it is his last day at school he is leaving the school for good. yet he gives extra work to taplow who is one of his students.he has missed a day during the week . crocker wants him to make it up. so he gives him extra work.thus we see how strict he is.
The cast of The Browning Version - 1994 includes: Jotham Annan as Prince Abakendi Joseph Beattie as Wilson Mark Bolton as Grantham Ameilia Cawood as Member of the Marquee Quintet Albert Finney as Andrew Crocker-Harris Michael Gambon as Dr. Frobisher Tom Havelock as Laughton Amanda Kelly as Member of the Marquee Quintet David Lever as David Fletcher Mark Long as Foster Belinda Low as Rowena Baxter Walter Micklethwait as Buller Oliver Milburn as Trubshaw Stephen Mitchelson as Newton Matthew Modine as Frank Hunter Bruce Myers as Dr. Rafferty Jeff Nuttall as Lord Baxter Ingrid Parker as Member of the Marquee Quintet David Pullan as Trimmer Mirranda Rutter as Member of the Marquee Quintet Julian Sands as Tom Gilbert Greta Scacchi as Laura Crocker-Harris Ben Silverstone as Taplow William Slogrove as Member of the Marquee Quintet Dinah Stabb as Jane Frobisher Jim Sturgess as Bryant Heathcote Williams as Dr. Lake
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Crocker-Harris assigned extra work to Taplow as a way to assert his authority and maintain control in the classroom. It reflects his strict and sometimes harsh teaching style, as he believed in holding students accountable for their efforts. Additionally, it serves as a form of punishment for Taplow's previous behavior, emphasizing the power dynamics between teacher and student. Overall, this action highlights the complexities of their relationship and the pressures within the educational environment.
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The cast of The Browning Version - 1955 includes: Peter Cushing as Andrew Crocker-Harris
The cast of The Browning Version - 1985 includes: Judi Dench as Millie Crocker-Harris Ian Holm as Andrew Crocker-Harris Michael Kitchen as Frank Hunter Steven Mackintosh as John Taplow Shaun Scott as Peter Gilbert Imogen Stubbs as Mrs. Gilbert John Woodvine as Dr. Frobisher
The play is about the last few days in the career of Andrew Crocker-Harris, an ageing classics teacher at a British public school. The man's academic life is fading away following illness and he feels that he has become obsolete.It starts when Taplow, a pupil who needs Crocker-Harris to pass him so he can go up to the next year, comes to him for help with his Greek, but Crocker-Harris is not in his rooms. Instead, Taplow meets Frank Hunter, another Master at the school. We find out (after Taplow leaves) that Hunter and Crocker-Harris' wife, Millie, are carrying on an affair.When Crocker-Harris returns, he first has the lesson with Taplow, where he begins to show his true feelings through his love for literature. Afterwards, the headmaster arrives to inform him that the school will not give him his pension because of his early retirement, though he was depending on it, and wishes him to relinquish his place in the end-of-term speech-giving to a popular sports master.Mr. Gilbert, Crocker-Harris's successor at his teaching post, arrives to view the Crocker-Harrises' home. He seeks advice on the lower fifth, the year Crocker-Harris teaches, and how to control them. Crocker-Harris begins to relate to Gilbert his own sad experiences after Gilbert tells Crocker-Harris that the headmaster had referred to Crocker-Harris as the 'Himmler of the lower fifth'. Crocker-Harris, who did not realise he was feared by the boys, is very disturbed by this title.Taplow returns, and moves Crocker-Harris by giving him an inscribed version of Robert Browning's translation of Aeschylus' Agamemnon, at which point he breaks down crying. Millie, his wife, shows her callousness at Crocker-Harris's emotional state by ruining this fond moment by implying Taplow only gave the gift to get the grades. Hunter breaks off the affair with her, instead turning his sympathies to Crocker-Harris. Crocker-Harris informs him that he knew of Millie's affair with Frank, as well as her previous ones, but despite this he does not wish to divorce her.As the play ends, Hunter makes plans with a reluctant Crocker-Harris to meet him at his new place of work, and an uplifted Crocker-Harris telephones the headmaster saying that he will make his speech after the sports master, as is his right.The 'Browning Version' of the title references the translation of the Greek tragedy given by Taplow, Agamemnon, in which Agamemnon is murdered by his wife, aided by her lover.Although the name of the school is not given in the play, it is clearly Harrow School (which Terence Rattigan attended), something evident from the idiosyncrasies of the timetable that Crocker-Harris is in charge of writing.
crocker -harris is teacher in taplow's school .he is very strict.he is a man of discipline. he is true to his duty.it is his last day at school he is leaving the school for good. yet he gives extra work to taplow who is one of his students.he has missed a day during the week . crocker wants him to make it up. so he gives him extra work.thus we see how strict he is.
Mr. Crocker-Harris refers to Taplow by his last name to assert his authority and maintain a formal teacher-student relationship. This formality also highlights the power dynamic between them, as Mr. Crocker-Harris tries to distance himself emotionally from Taplow.
The Browning Version concerns the life of Andrew Crocker-Harris, a classics schoolmaster at a British public school. Andrew is disliked by his unfaithful wife Millie, his colleagues, and his students. Rattigan based the character and the story of The Browning Version on a classics master he had at school as a student The Browning Version is sometimes derided for being too sentimental, but many critics draw a distinction between its sympathetic sentiment and overt sentimentalism. Most critics and scholars believe that Rattigan's skills as a playwright transcend such problems. Though only a one-act play, The Browning Version is a well-crafted and complete psychological study, indicative of his future direction as a playwright. As John Russell Taylor writes in The Rise and Fall of the Well-Made Play, "The Browning Version, as well as being at once Rattigan's tightest and most natural-seeming construction job up then and his most deeply felt play, marks the beginning of his most distinctive and personal drama." The Browning Version is the play that cemented Terence Rattigan's reputation as a serious, mature playwright. It is viewed as one of his best works, and one of the best one-acts ever written. First performed at the Phoenix Theatre, London, England, on September 8, 1948, The Browning Version was coupled with another one-act by Rattigan entitled Harlequinade under the umbrella name, Playbill. This show ran for 245 performances, and Rattigan received the Ellen Terry Award for The Browning Version, his second. (The first was won two years earlier for The Winslow Boy.) The Browning Version made its New York debut with Harlequinade on October 12, 1949, but only ran for sixty-two performances. While praise from British audiences and critics was nearly universal when the play was performed in England, American critics were generally not as kind to the Broadway version, perhaps due to the subject matter.
Yes the title is appropriate.Taplow liked the story of the Greek Tragedy 'Agamemnon' but didn't like the way it was taught in the class i.e. drill of a lot of Greek words.In the same way he liked his teacher Mr. Crocker Harris but didn't like his classical nature.
The cast of The Browning Version - 1951 includes: Michael Caborne as Boy in Upper 5th Science Class Judith Furse as Mrs. Williamson Vivienne Gibson as Mrs. Saunders Scott Harold as Rev. Williamson Joan Haythorne as Mrs. Wilson Ronald Howard as Gilbert Peter Jones as Carstairs Jean Kent as Millie Crocker-Harris Sarah Lawson as Betty Carstairs Paul Medland as Wilson Josephine Middleton as Mrs. Frobisher Michael Newell as Bryant Brian Nissen as Head Boy Nigel Patrick as Frank Hunter Michael Redgrave as Andrew Crocker-Harris Anton Rodgers as Pupil Ivan Samson as Lord Baxter Johnnie Schofield as Taxi Driver Dora Sevening as Mrs. Sanders Brian Smith as Taplow Bill Travers as Fletcher Russell Waters as School Doorman
crocker -harris is teacher in taplow's school .he is very strict.he is a man of discipline. he is true to his duty.it is his last day at school he is leaving the school for good. yet he gives extra work to taplow who is one of his students.he has missed a day during the week . crocker wants him to make it up. so he gives him extra work.thus we see how strict he is.
crocker -harris is teacher in taplow's school .he is very strict.he is a man of discipline. he is true to his duty.it is his last day at school he is leaving the school for good. yet he gives extra work to taplow who is one of his students.he has missed a day during the week . crocker wants him to make it up. so he gives him extra work.thus we see how strict he is.
The cast of Skuggan av en man - 1958 includes: Folke Asplund as John Taplow Ingrid Borthen as Millie Crocker-Harris Bengt Eklund as Frank Hunter Ulf Johansson as Andrew Crocker-Harris Lennart Lindberg as Mr. Gilbert
The cast of The Browning Version - 1994 includes: Jotham Annan as Prince Abakendi Joseph Beattie as Wilson Mark Bolton as Grantham Ameilia Cawood as Member of the Marquee Quintet Albert Finney as Andrew Crocker-Harris Michael Gambon as Dr. Frobisher Tom Havelock as Laughton Amanda Kelly as Member of the Marquee Quintet David Lever as David Fletcher Mark Long as Foster Belinda Low as Rowena Baxter Walter Micklethwait as Buller Oliver Milburn as Trubshaw Stephen Mitchelson as Newton Matthew Modine as Frank Hunter Bruce Myers as Dr. Rafferty Jeff Nuttall as Lord Baxter Ingrid Parker as Member of the Marquee Quintet David Pullan as Trimmer Mirranda Rutter as Member of the Marquee Quintet Julian Sands as Tom Gilbert Greta Scacchi as Laura Crocker-Harris Ben Silverstone as Taplow William Slogrove as Member of the Marquee Quintet Dinah Stabb as Jane Frobisher Jim Sturgess as Bryant Heathcote Williams as Dr. Lake