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Frayn, Michael was born on September 8, 1933 in London. Son of Thomas Allen and Violet Alice (Lawson) Frayn.
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Noises Off - Playbill, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York
(Theatre program. Cast includes Dorothy Loudon, Brian Murr...)
Theatre program. Cast includes Dorothy Loudon, Brian Murray, Paxton Whitehead, Victor Garber, Linda Thorson. Vol. 2, No. 10.
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WILD HONEY: A COMEDY BY MICHAEL FRAYN FROM THE PLAY WITHOUT A NAME BY ANTON CHEKHOV
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Towards the End of the Morning (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
(Set in the waning years of London's Fleet Street, this is...)
Set in the waning years of London's Fleet Street, this is the story of John Dyson and his colleagues in the crossword and nature-notes section of an obscure London newspaper. The ambitious young Dyson dreams wistfully of trading his dead-end job for the fame and fortune to be found in a career in television. But when he finally gets his big break - an invitation to appear on a TV program - it turns out instead to be the beginning of a series of hilarious disasters ... Regarded by many as the best novel ever written about journalists, Michael Frayn's brilliantly funny Towards the End of the Morning (1967) is justly celebrated as a classic in Great Britain but has been long unavailable in America. This new edition features an introduction by the author. 'The most delightful, sophisticated novel: Michael Frayn is probably England's funniest writer.' - New York Times 'High comedy ... an extremely well-written, witty novel.' - Daily Telegraph 'A gem of a comic book. It's a brilliant, fast game of poker with the author holding all the best hands.' - Vogue 'Still ranks with Evelyn Waugh's Scoop as one of the funniest novels about journalists ever written.' - Sunday Times
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Noises Off
(Farce / 5m, 4f / 2 Int. Called the funniest farce ever wr...)
Farce / 5m, 4f / 2 Int. Called the funniest farce ever written, NOISES OFF returned to Broadway with Patti LuPone and Peter Gallagher and a manic menagerie that sent reviewers searching for new accolades as a cast of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called NOTHING'S ON. "The most dexterously realized comedy ever about putting on a comedy. A spectacularly funny, peerless backstage farce. This dizzy, well-known romp is festival of delirium." - The New York Times "Bumper car brilliance...If laughter is indeed the best medicine, NOISES OFF is worth its weight in Cipro." - New York Daily News "The funniest farce ever written! Never before has side-splitting taken on a meaning dangerously close to the non-metaphorically medical." - New York Post "As side-splitting a farce as I have seen. Ever? Ever." - New York Magazine
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(Frayn Plays: "Alphabetical Order", "Donkeys' Years", "Clouds", "Make and Break", "Noises Off" v.1) Author: Michael Frayn published on (May, 1988)
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Frayn Plays: 1: Alphabetical Order , Donkeys' Years , Clouds , Make and Break , Noises Off (Contemporary Dramatists) (Vol 1)
("One of theatre's subtlest, most sophisticated minds" (Th...)
"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)
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The tin men
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Alphabetical Order (Modern Plays)
( Set in the library of a provincial newspaper where batt...)
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 the new library assistant, Leslie, and humane confusion in the person of Lucy, the much-loved resident librarian. Drawing on his experience as a journalist, Frayn draws his gallery of characters with the hilarious accuracy which can only come from first-hand experience. Winner of the Evening Standard's Best Comedy Award after a long run at the Hampstead Theatre and on London's West End in 1975. This edition features the author's revised version of the script presented at the Hampstead Theatre in 2009.
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The Tin Men
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Noises Off Playbill Magazine Brooks Atkinson Theatre 1984
(Starring Dorothy Loudon, Brian Murray and Paxton Whitehead.)
Starring Dorothy Loudon, Brian Murray and Paxton Whitehead.
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A Landing on the Sun A LANDING ON THE SUN By Frayn, Michael ( Author )Dec-01-2003 Paperback
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The Tin Men (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
(The William Morris Institute of Automation Research is wo...)
The William Morris Institute of Automation Research is working hard to simplify our lives by programming computers to carry out life's routine tasks. Whether it's resolving ethical dilemmas, writing pornographic novels, saying prayers, or watching sports, these automation experts are developing machines to handle it all, enabling us to enjoy more free time. But when it's announced that the Queen will be paying a royal visit and the Institute's madcap bunch of researchers decide to program the computers to receive her, what could possibly go wrong? Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, The Tin Men (1965) is the brilliantly comic first novel from Michael Frayn, author of the Booker Prize-nominated Headlong, Spies, and Skios, and Noises Off, 'the funniest farce ever written' (NY Times). This 50th anniversary reissue features a new introduction by the author. 'Continuously funny ... The fun of The Tin Men is outrageous because it is so serious.' - Anthony Burgess, Guardian 'A fast swooping performance by one of our very serious satirists ... This is a very funny book and delightful to read.' - William Trevor, The Listener 'Dazzlingly funny ... perfect pieces of comedy.' - Observer
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The Tin Men (Flamingo)
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Frayn Plays: 2: Balmoral , Benefactors , Wild Honey (Contemporary Dramatists) (v. 2)
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"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.
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Plays: "Alphabetical Order", "Donkeys' Years", "Clouds", "Make and Break", "Noises Off" Vol 1 (Methuen World Dramatists) by Michael Frayn (12-Dec-1985) Paperback
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- Frayn Plays: 1: Alphabetical Order , Donkeys' Years , Clouds , Make and Break , Noises Off (Contemporary Dramatists) (Vol 1) by Michael Frayn (1985-12-12)
- Landing on the Sun (A civil servant in the Cabinet Office, Brian Jessel is as...)
- The Trick of It (Michael Frayn's first novel for over fifteen years i...)
- Frayn Plays: 1: Alphabetical Order , Donkeys' Years , Clouds , Make and Break , Noises Off (Contemporary Dramatists) (Vol 1) by Michael Frayn (1985-12-12)
- Clockwise (A Methuen paperback) by Michael Frayn (1986-04-01)
- The Tin Men (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) by Michael Frayn (2015-08-04)
- Benefactors: A Play in Two Acts (This long-running hit starred Sam Waterston on Broadway a...)
- A Landing on the Sun by Michael Frayn (2000-07-03)
- Noises Off by Michael Frayn (2010-02-10)
- Noises Off (Modern Plays) by Michael Frayn (2000-10-05)
- Now You Know (Acting Edition) (Genre: Comedy Characters: 4 males, 4 females Scenery: Int...)
- The Book of Fub
Michael FRAYN
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Michael Frayn, British playwright. Recipient National Press Club Distinguished Reporting award, International Public Corporation, 1970, Heywood Hill Literature Prize, 2002, Golden Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association award, 2003, St. Louis Literature award, 2007; honorary fellow, Emmanuel College, Cambridge University. Member of American Academy Arts & Sciences (foreign), Royal Society Literature.
Education
Bachelor, Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, England, 1957. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Cambridge University, 2001.
Career
Clockwise 1985, First and Last 1989.General reporter The Guardian, Manchester, England, 1957-1959, columnist, 1959-1962, The Observer, London, 1962-1968. Contributor weekly comedy series Beyond A Joke British Broadcasting Corporation, 1972. Russian interpreter British Army, 1952-1954.
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Now You Know (Acting Edition)
(Genre: Comedy Characters: 4 males, 4 females Scener...)
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Alphabetical Order (Modern Plays)
( Set in the library of a provincial newspaper where batt...)
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Benefactors: A Play in Two Acts
(This long-running hit starred Sam Waterston on Broadway a...)
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Towards the End of the Morning (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
(Set in the waning years of London's Fleet Street, this is...)
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Frayn Plays: 2: Balmoral , Benefactors , Wild Honey (Contemporary Dramatists) (v. 2)
( "One of theatre's subtlest, most sophisticated minds" (...)
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The Tin Men (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
(The William Morris Institute of Automation Research is wo...)
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The Trick of It
(Michael Frayn's first novel for over fifteen years is a w...)
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Landing on the Sun
(A civil servant in the Cabinet Office, Brian Jessel is as...)
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Frayn Plays: 1: Alphabetical Order , Donkeys' Years , Clouds , Make and Break , Noises Off (Contemporary Dramatists) (Vol 1)
("One of theatre's subtlest, most sophisticated minds" (Th...)
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Noises Off Playbill Magazine Brooks Atkinson Theatre 1984
(Starring Dorothy Loudon, Brian Murray and Paxton Whitehead.)
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Noises Off
(Farce / 5m, 4f / 2 Int. Called the funniest farce ever wr...)
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Noises Off - Playbill, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York
(Theatre program. Cast includes Dorothy Loudon, Brian Murr...)
- Frayn Plays: 1: Alphabetical Order , Donkeys' Years , Clouds , Make and Break , Noises Off (Contemporary Dramatists) (Vol 1) by Michael Frayn (1985-12-12)
- Frayn Plays: 1: Alphabetical Order , Donkeys' Years , Clouds , Make and Break , Noises Off (Contemporary Dramatists) (Vol 1) by Michael Frayn (1985-12-12)
- Clockwise (A Methuen paperback) by Michael Frayn (1986-04-01)
- WILD HONEY: A COMEDY BY MICHAEL FRAYN FROM THE PLAY WITHOUT A NAME BY ANTON CHEKHOV
- The Tin Men (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) by Michael Frayn (2015-08-04)
- A Landing on the Sun by Michael Frayn (2000-07-03)
- (Frayn Plays: "Alphabetical Order", "Donkeys' Years", "Clouds", "Make and Break", "Noises Off" v.1) Author: Michael Frayn published on (May, 1988)
- Noises Off by Michael Frayn (2010-02-10)
- The tin men
- The Tin Men
- Noises Off (Modern Plays) by Michael Frayn (2000-10-05)
- A Landing on the Sun A LANDING ON THE SUN By Frayn, Michael ( Author )Dec-01-2003 Paperback
- The Tin Men (Flamingo)
- The Book of Fub
- Plays: "Alphabetical Order", "Donkeys' Years", "Clouds", "Make and Break", "Noises Off" Vol 1 (Methuen World Dramatists) by Michael Frayn (12-Dec-1985) Paperback
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Now You Know (Acting Edition)
Membership
Member of American Academy Arts & Sciences (foreign), Royal Society Literature.
Connections
Married Gillian Palmer, February 18, 1960 (divorced 1989). 3 children; Married Claire Tomalin, June 1993.
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1957
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1957 - 1959
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1959 - 1962
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1962 - 1968
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1972
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Recipient National Press Club Distinguished Reporting award, International Public Corporation, 1970, Heywood Hill Literature Prize, 2002, Golden Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association award, 2003, St. Louis Literature award, 2007. Honorary fellow, Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.Recipient National Press Club Distinguished Reporting award, International Public Corporation, 1970, Heywood Hill Literature Prize, 2002, Golden Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association award, 2003, St. Louis Literature award, 2007. Honorary fellow, Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.