Books by michael frayn

'Michael Frayn's tremendous play is a piece of history, an intellectual thriller, a psychological investigation and a moral tribunal in full session' ... More

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The great master of farce turns to an exclusive island retreat for a comedy of mislaid identities, unruly passions, and demented, delicious disorder ... More

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When a local down-on-his-luck landowner asks Martin Clay, a young would-be art historian, to value some paintings, Clay suddenly sees the chance of a ... More

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Noises Off is not one play but two - simultaneously a traditional sex farce, Nothing On, and the backstage farce that develops during Nothing On's ... More

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Frayn's 1967 novel about Fleet Street portrays a newspaper world long since gone. Stuck in a sleepy newspaper department, covering nature notes and ... More

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Terry is a bit of a wide-boy, but also an activist running a small team dedicated to more open government. He is energetic, powerful, not entirely ... More

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In the quiet cul-de-sac where Keith and Stephen live there is very little evidence of the Second World War. But the two friends suspect that the ... More

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From the bestselling author of "Headlong "and "Spies," "an unconditional triumph" ("The Washington Post Book World)" For fifteen years, ever since ... More

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'An unknown place.' This was what Michael Frayn's children called the shadowy landscape of the past from which their family had emerged. In this book ... More

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Frayn once again creates out of the known events of 20th-century history a drama of extraordinary urgency and subtlety, reimagining the interactions ... More

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With wit, charm, and brilliance, this epic work sets out to make sense of our place in the scheme of things. Surveying the spectrum of philosophical ... More

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A sophisticated drollery, an educated amusement.--New Statesman

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Michael Frayn is one of the great playwrights of our time, enjoying international acclaim and prestige. This anthology contains three of his ... More

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Michael Frayn's "gorgeous farce" about a university reunion.

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Set in the library of a provincial newspaper where battle is joined between the forces of order and chaos, between arid organization in the person of ... More

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After driving through a red light, Howard Baker, an architect, is catapulted into heaven - which turns out to be a metropolis, with skyscrapers, ... More

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This varied collection of short sketches and monologues by the author of NOISES OFF, BENEFACTORS and others is essential to any actor's library. Most ... More

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From the author of Copenhagen and Noises Off. A comedy-drama about a door manufacturing company and a fateful convention in Frankfurt.

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Characters: 6 male, 2 female, plus extras (w/doubling)Multiple Sets A man who has everything. Money, friends, a beautifulhome. And then - pfft! It's ... More

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A collection of short plays Black and Silver Characters: 1 male, 1 female Interior Set In this short, affecting and laughable scene parents are ... More

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An authoress is invited by a lecturer who has devoted his life to studying and teaching her nine novels and 27 short stories. As she arrives to speak ... More

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What would the universe be like if human beings were not here to observe it? Would there still be numbers, or scientific laws? Would the universe ... More

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Teo plays from the fabulous Michael Frayn.

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A dystopian novel set in the distant future. Frayn's inquisitive heroine is smitten by love and fuelled by angst and seeks to break free of her ... More

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This novel follows the adventures of an Englishman, Paul Manning, working at Moscow University. Manning seems to be missing out on real life in his ... More

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