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UNINA9910827048403321 |
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Titolo |
File on Frayn / / compiled by Malcolm Page |
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London, England : , : Methuen Drama, , 1994 |
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London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020 |
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ISBN |
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1-4081-5251-7 |
1-4081-5250-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (86 p.) |
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Collana |
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Writer-files |
A Methuen dramabook |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-85). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; General Editor''s Introduction; 1: A Brief Chronology; 2: The Plays; A: Stage Plays; The Two of Us; The Sandboy; Alphabetical Order; Donkeys'' Years; Clouds; Balmoral; Make and Break; Noises Off; Benefactors; Look Look; Here; B: Translations and Adaptations; C: Television Plays; Jamie on a Flying Visit; Birthday; Beyond a Joke; Making Faces; First and Last; D: Film; Clockwise; 3: Non-Dramatic Writing; A: Novels; The Tin Men; The Russian Interpreter; Towards the End of the Morning; A Very Private Life; Sweet Dreams; The Trick of It; A Landing on the Sun; Now You Know. |
B: HumourC: Philosophy; D: Journalism; 4: The Writer on His Work; 5: A Select Bibliography. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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. |
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