File On Frayn (Paperback)

Malcolm Page

ISBN 10: 0413653102 / ISBN 13: 9780413653109

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 1994

About this Item

Paperback. "Frayn has the rare ability to construct farcical comedy around philosophical principles and the laughs and the ideas effortlessly intermesh" (Michael Billington, Guardian)Michael Frayn is a playwright, novelist, journalist and writer of screenplays. His most important plays included Copenhagen, Noises Off, Benefactors and Donkeys' Years.Writers-Files is an important series documenting the work of major dramatists of the last hundred years. Each volume contains a comprehensive checklist of all the writer's plays, with a detailed performance history, excerpted reviews and a selection of the writers' own comments on their work."Methuen are to be congratulated on launching this series.extremely useful to theatre professionals as well as to students and teachers of drama" (David Bradby, Speech and Drama) This volume contains a comprehensive checklist of the work of Michael Frayn; a detailed performance history of each play; excerpts from contemporary and subsequent reviews; Frayn's own comments on his work drawn from interviews, essays, letters and diaries; and a chronology. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: File On Frayn (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0413653102
• ISBN 13: 9780413653109
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

"Frayn has the rare ability to construct farcical comedy around philosophical principles and the laughs and the ideas effortlessly intermesh" (Michael Billington, Guardian)

Michael Frayn is a playwright, novelist, journalist and writer of screenplays. His most important plays included Copenhagen, Noises Off, Benefactors and Donkeys' Years.

Writers-Files is an important series documenting the work of major dramatists of the last hundred years. Each volume contains a comprehensive checklist of all the writer's plays, with a detailed performance history, excerpted reviews and a selection of the writers' own comments on their work. "Methuen are to be congratulated on launching this series. . .extremely useful to theatre professionals as well as to students and teachers of drama" (David Bradby, Speech and Drama)