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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827048403321

Titolo

File on Frayn / / compiled by Malcolm Page

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Methuen Drama, , 1994

London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020

ISBN

1-4081-5251-7

1-4081-5250-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (86 p.)

Collana

Writer-files

A Methuen dramabook

Altri autori (Persone)

PageMalcolm

Disciplina

822/.914

Soggetti

Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-85).

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.