Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Flare Path
open-in-new
<p><i>Flare Path</i> is a play by <a href="/facts/Terence_Rattigan/0lA8AHaD">Terence Rattigan</a>, written in 1941 and first staged in 1942. Set in a hotel near an <a href="/facts/RAF_Bomber_Command/XzVaU9Jp">RAF Bomber Command</a> airbase during the <a href="/facts/Second_World_War/2efV5L1U">Second World War</a>, the story involves a <a href="/facts/Love_triangle/DYRAmE0x">love triangle</a> 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 <i><a href="/facts/The_Way_to_the_Stars/GK74Lufd">The Way to the Stars</a></i>. </p>