Donkeys' Years

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350013293
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Donkeys' Years written by Michael Frayn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Frayn's 'gorgeous farce' about a university reunion premiered thirty years ago at the Globe Theatre, London. Returning to the West End in a sparkling new production, it remains a classic comedy. Twenty years after graduation, six former students return to their university college for a reunion dinner. Whilst their lives may have had varying degrees of success, all are connected by a common past. Once locked in college for the night, the graduates begin to relive their youth, and old friendships, feuds - and the much-desired but absurdly proper Master's wife - come tumbling back into the present . . . 'The show reaches that plateau of comic bliss when it becomes physically impossible to stop laughing' Daily Telegraph 'The West End's summer gets off to an exhilarating start with the hilarious return of Michael Frayn's comedy Donkeys' Years' Sunday Express 'All the confidence of a serious comic masterpiece. Masterclass performances. This is one of the best revivals in the West End for years. Unmissable!' Sunday Times

Frayn Plays: 1

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350013684
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Frayn Plays: 1 written by Michael Frayn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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)

Frayn Plays: 2

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350013714
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Frayn Plays: 2 written by Michael Frayn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of theatre's subtlest, most sophisticated minds" (The Times) Benefactors conjures the world of the suburbs observed through the lens of post-imperialism; "dazzling.. This prismatic work circumscribes the disillusionment of an era" (New York Times); Balmoral dares to imagine what Britain would be like if it had gone through the Russian revolution in 1917; "a sophisticated drollery, an educated amusement" (New Statesman); Wild Honey is a reworking of Checkov's first play (also known as Platonov) and is shot through with farce, feminism and eroticism.

First & Last

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350013331
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book First & Last written by Michael Frayn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of theatre's subtlest, most sophisticated minds" (The Times) One spring morning a quiet, shy man in his sixties sets out from Land's End to walk the length of his native land. He has never walked more than a dozen miles in his life before, his health is uncertain, his boots are new, and he is too diffident to talk to anyone he meets along the way. His slow, solitary progress up the spine of Britain is watched by an unseen audience - his family and friends at home. How far will he get before he is forced to give up? Is he being heroic or merely selfish? As the days of his absence go by the old alliances and quarrels inside the family shift and alter. What emerges is a story about the arbitrariness of human endeavour and about the tenacious complexity of human relationships; about one man's glimpse of the country he lives in; about courage and about love. First and Last was directed by Alan Dossor in a production for BBC television, with Joss Ackland as the walker.

The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English

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Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
ISBN 13 : 9788126908325
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English by : Ed. Mohit K. Ray

Download or read book The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English written by Ed. Mohit K. Ray and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended To Serve The Academic Needs Of The Students Of English Literature, The Companion Is An Ultimate Literary Reference Source, Providing An Up-To-Date, Comprehensive And Authoritative Biographies Of Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Journalists And Critics Ranging From Literary Giants Of The Past To Contemporary Writers Like Peter Burnes (1931-2004), Anthony Powell (1905-2000), Patrick O Brian (1914-2000), Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), Grace Nicholas (1950- ) And Douglas Adams (1952-2001). Over The Last Few Decades English Literary Canon Has Become Relatively More Extensive And Diverse. In Recognition Of The Significance Of The New Literatures In English, Special Emphasis Has Been Given On The Writers Of These Literatures. In Addition, The Indian Writers Writing In English Have Been Given A Prominent Place In The Book, Thereby Making It Particularly Useful For The Students Of Indian English Literature. The Companion Is Unique Of Its Kind As It Gives A Broad Outline Of The Story And Not Merely A Brief Account Of The Plot Structure Of A Literary Work So As To Enable The Students To Have A Fairly Good Idea Of The Story. Likewise, Before Getting Down To The Writings Of An Author, The Companion Provides An Invaluable And Authoritative Biographical Note Believing That An Author S Biography Facilitates Proper Understanding Of His/Her Contributions.On Account Of Its Clear And Reliable Plot Summaries And Descriptive Entries Of Major Works And Literary Journals And Authentic Biographical Details, The Companion Is A Work Of Permanent Value. It Is Undoubtedly An Indispensable And Path-Breaking Handy Reference Guide For All Those Interested In Literatures In English Produced In The United Kingdom, The United States, Canada, Australia, Africa, The Caribbean, India And Other Countries.

St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers

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Publisher : Detroit, MI : St. James Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1212 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Book Synopsis St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers by : Jay P. Pederson

Download or read book St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers written by Jay P. Pederson and published by Detroit, MI : St. James Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of prominent science-fiction authors, written by subject experts.

Now You Know

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350013374
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Book Synopsis Now You Know by : Michael Frayn

Download or read book Now You Know written by Michael Frayn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of theatre's subtlest, most sophisticated minds" (The Times) Now You Know: "Frayn's light but serious, marvellous play, about official and unofficial secrets, about idle curiosity and investigative purpose" (Observer)

Stage Right

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 134923379X
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

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Book Synopsis Stage Right by : John Bull

Download or read book Stage Right written by John Bull and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1994-05-24 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stage Right is a refreshingly abrasive account of the state of British theatre since 1979, offering an account of the development of a new mainstream formed in conscious opposition to the work of the politically committed dramatists of the 70s and an analysis of the plays of the most successful playwrights of the new mainstream: Nichols, Gray, Frayn, Bennett, Ayckbourn and Stoppard.

Frayn Plays: 3

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350013730
Total Pages : 322 pages
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Download or read book Frayn Plays: 3 written by Michael Frayn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new collection from the author of the Booker-shortlisted novel Headlong and the internationally acclaimed play Copenhagen Here: "about time, space and life...A touching, brilliant construction. It's both deeply thought and deeply felt' (Sunday Times); Now You Know: "Frayn's light but serious, marvellous new play, about official and unofficial secrets, about idle curiosity and investigative purpose" (Observer); La Belle Vivette: "Frayn's elegant libretto... Michael Frayn has made an Offenbach opera a farce to be reckoned with...a razor-sharp reworking" (Mail on Sunday) Michael Frayn was born in 1933 in the suburbs of London and began his career as a reporter on the Guardian, before becoming a columnist. His novels include The Tin Men, The Russian Interpreter, Towards the End of Morning and The Trick of It. He has written a number of plays for television and the stage, including translations of Chekhov and smash hits such as his screenplay Clockwise and his plays Donkeys' Years, Noises Off, Alarms and Excursions and Copenhagen. Deborah Levy "does not deal with realism, she does not deal with magic realism, rather she draws out a new territory, and if we follow we will find ourselves suspended over views we have not seen before" Jeanette Winterson, Observer

Copenhagen

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135001320X
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Copenhagen written by Michael Frayn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Michael Frayn's tremendous play is a piece of history, an intellectual thriller, a psychological investigation and a moral tribunal in full session' Sunday Times 'A profound and haunting meditation on the mysteries of human motivation' Independent 'Frayn has seized on a ral-life historical and scientific mystery. In 1941 the physicist Werner Heisenberg, who formulated the famous Uncertainty Principle about the movement of particles, and was at that time leading the Nazi's nuclear programme, went to visit his old boss and mentor, Niels Bohr, in Copenhagen. What was the purpose of his visit to Nazi-occupied Denmark? What did the two old friends say to each other, particularly bearing in mind that Bohr was both half-Jewish and a Danish patriot?... Frayn argues that just as it is impossible to be certain of the precise location of an electron, so it is impossible to be certain about the workings of the human mind... What is certain is that Frayn makes ideas zing and sing in this play' Daily Telegraph

File On Frayn

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408152517
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Book Synopsis File On Frayn by : Malcolm Page

Download or read book File On Frayn written by Malcolm Page and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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)

Here

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Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573694080
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Here written by Michael Frayn and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two people move into an empty room and begin to construct a life together in this work by the author of Noises Off, Copenhagen, Benefactors and numerous other well known plays. Should the bed go here and the table go there? Or the bed there and the table here? Everything inside this small space is for them to decide. The responsibility is daunting - especially when they reflect that it has taken the whole history of the world to get them together in this particular place at this particular time and that the whole future of the world will be different if the table is here instead of there. But how can they decide anything when the other person keeps disagreeing and when the woman downstairs maddeningly dumps unwanted furniture on them that they do not have the heart to refuse?

Harold Hobson: The Complete Catalogue

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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474472532
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Book Synopsis Harold Hobson: The Complete Catalogue by : Shellard Dominic Shellard

Download or read book Harold Hobson: The Complete Catalogue written by Shellard Dominic Shellard and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book on Harold Hobson's theatre criticism

Writers Directory

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Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349036501
Total Pages : 1555 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Writers Directory written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-05 with total page 1555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1847140017
Total Pages : 892 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (471 download)

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Book Synopsis Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre by : Colin Chambers

Download or read book Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre written by Colin Chambers and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-05-14 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International in scope, this book is designed to be the pre-eminent reference work on the English-speaking theatre in the twentieth century. Arranged alphabetically, it consists of some 2500 entries written by 280 contributors from 20 countries which include not only top-level experts, but, uniquely, leading professionals from the world of theatre. A fascinating resource for anyone interested in theatre, it includes: - Overviews of major concepts, topics and issues; - Surveys of theatre institutions, countries, and genres; - Biographical entries on key performers, playwrights, directors, designers, choreographers and composers; - Articles by leading professionals on crafts, skills and disciplines including acting, design, directing, lighting, sound and voice.

Stage Directions

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Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571249221
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Book Synopsis Stage Directions by : Michael Frayn

Download or read book Stage Directions written by Michael Frayn and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2009-01-08 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stage Directions covers half a lifetime and the whole range of Frayn's theatrical writing, right up to a new piece about his latest play, Afterlife. It is also a reflection on his path into theatre: the 'doubtful beginnings' of his childhood, his subsequent scorn as a young man and, surprisingly late in life, his reluctant conversion. Whatever subjects he tackles, from the exploration of the atomic nucleus to the mechanics of farce, Michael Frayn is never less than fascinating, delightfully funny and charming. This book encapsulates a lifetime's work and is guaranteed to be a firm favourite with his legions of fans around the world.

Magic Mobile

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Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571355013
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Magic Mobile written by Michael Frayn and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mobile phone is something that gives you the whole world at the touch of your finger - but this book is even better. Magic Mobile is a collection of thirty 'pre-loaded' new text files in a no-fuss, non-digital entertainment system. In a volume that succeeds Matchbox Theatre and Pocket Playhouse, each of these short comic masterpieces displays Michael Frayn's unique genius in forever capturing life's latest absurdities. Tune in to the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Magic Mobile 13 May, 20 May, 27 May, 3 June. Michael Frayn's eleven novels include Towards the End of the Morning, Headlong, Spies and Skios. His seventeen plays range from Noises Off to Copenhagen.