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Frayn Plays Michael Frayn

Frayn Plays By Michael Frayn

Frayn Plays by Michael Frayn


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Summary

"One of theatre's subtlest, most sophisticated minds" (The Times)

Frayn Plays Summary

Frayn Plays: v.1: "Alphabetical Order", "Donkeys' Years", "Clouds", "Make and Break", "Noises Off" by Michael Frayn

"One of theatre's subtlest, most sophisticated minds" (The Times) Alphabetical Order: "A comic essay about two types of woman...a very intelligent comedy because of its classic simplicity, and unusual in the way that the two types of women do not become stereotypes" (Daily Telegraph); Donkeys' Years, a satire on the establishment and British Institutions "Gorgeous farce, all the funnier for emerging from credible aspirations and natural anxieties...the play is richer and cannier than we expect farces to be." (New Statesman); Clouds, is a satire on government sponsored trips and a portrait of sexual jealousy,"it is poignantly and unerringly funny" (Guardian); Make and Break is a satirical commentary on British corporate interests abroad "Full of pain, ruthless observation, and a sense of humour which is sardonic, lunatic and warm" (Sunday Times); Noises Off - the West End hit play about a company of actors stepping from a sex farce into their own nightmarish lives backstage "A very intelligent joke about the fragility of all forms of drama...a pulverisingly funny play." (Guardian)"All of these plays are attempts to show something of the world, not to change it or to promote any particular idea of it. That's not to say there are no ideas in them. In fact what they are all about in one way or another is the way in which we impose our ideas upon the world around us...it might be objected that one single theme is a somewhat sparse provision to sustain five separate and dissimilar plays. I can only say that it is a theme which has occupied philosophers for over two thousand years and one which is likely to occupy them for at least two thousand more..."(Michael Frayn)

About Michael Frayn

Michael Frayn's work for the stage includes Alphabetical Order, Make and Break and Noises Off, all of which received Best Comedy of the Year awards, while Benefactors was named Best Play of the Year. His other works include Democracy (National Theatre and West End prior to Broadway) and Copenhagen (winner of numerous awards including the Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Best Play Awards 1998). He has translated Chekhov's four last plays and is also a novelist and recipient of the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel for Spies.

Table of Contents

Alphabetical Order; Donkeys' Years; Clouds; Make and Break; Noises Off

Additional information

GOR002971844
9780413592804
0413592804
Frayn Plays: v.1: "Alphabetical Order", "Donkeys' Years", "Clouds", "Make and Break", "Noises Off" by Michael Frayn
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
1985-12-12
560
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