Frayn Plays: 3: 3: Here, Now You Know, La Belle Vivette: v. 3 (Contemporary Dramatists)

Frayn Plays: 3: 3: Here, Now You Know, La Belle Vivette: v. 3 (Contemporary Dramatists)

by Michael Frayn (Author)

Synopsis

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

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 01 Mar 2001

ISBN 10: 0413752305
ISBN 13: 9780413752307

Author Bio
Michael Frayn's work for the stage includes Alphabetical Order, Make and Break and Noises Off, all of which received Best Comedy of the Year awards, while Benefactors was named Best Play of the Year. His other works include Democracy (National Theatre and West End prior to Broadway) and Copenhagen (winner of numerous awards including the Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Best Play Awards 1998). He has translated Chekhov's four last plays and is also a novelist and recipient of the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel for Spies.