Frayn

/ freɪn /

noun

1. Michael . born 1933, British playwright, novelist, and translator; his plays include The Two of Us (1970), Noises Off (1982), Copenhagen (1998), and Democracy (2004); novels include A Landing on the Sun (1991) and Spies (2002)

Example Sentences

He really got the message when the venue revived Michael Frayn's 1982 farce Noises Off in 2014 – and he had to plead with a group of 10 women to stay for the second half.

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As modern farces go, Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off” is not only one of the funniest but may also be the most elegantly conceived.

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With the precision of a geometric proof, Frayn built his farce on the back of another.

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But Frayn’s work represents the gold standard of the form.

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In imagining a theatrical bomb for the ages, Frayn wrote an indelible crowd-pleaser for the modern repertory.

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