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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)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

From BBC

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

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

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

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

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