Frayn Plays: 3: Here; Now You Know; La Belle Vivette

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Bloomsbury Academic, Nov 9, 2000 - Drama - 351 pages

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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bathroom Berger Berger/Poggiatura boulevard theatre Boulot Cath All right Cath Oh Cath Phil Cath Yes coat-hanger comes corridor cough Count curtain decided desk doorway drawer Edmond envelope Eric's chair everything Flowergirl Froufrou funny give goes back Gonfleurs Hassam Hello Hilary looks Hilary Yes holding Home Office hurrah Ian Judge Investors Jacqui Oh Jacqui to Hilary Jacqui Yes jumper Kent Kevin La Belle Hélène Lesley Garrett Listen Liz laughs Liz Oh Loulou and Zouzou mailroom main door Marie nice night Norns Offenbach opera Paris Pause Phil All right Phil Cath Phil I don't Phil I mean Phil Oh Phil Yes picks Ploc Shireen Oh Signor Poggiatura sing smiles song Sopranos sorry stops Surtitle sweet switch takes talking tell Tenors and Basses Terry Oh Terry Right theatre there's things thought toy dog Vivette wait walk what's going window

About the author (2000)

Michael Frayn was born in London in 1933 and began his career as a journalist on the Guardian and the Observer. He has written seventeen plays, including Noises Off, Copenhagen, and Democracy, translated Chekhov's last four plays, and adapted his first as Wild Honey. His screenplays include Clockwise, starring John Cleese, and among his eleven novels are The Tin Men, Towards the End of the Morning, Headlong, Spies, and Skios. Collections of articles include Collected Columns, Stage Directions, and Travels with a Typewriter. He has also published two philosophical works, Constructions and The Human Touch, and a memoir, My Father's Fortune. His most recent publications are three collections of short entertainments, Matchbox Theatre, Pocket Playhouse, and Magic Mobile. He is married to the writer Claire Tomalin.

Bibliographic information

TitleFrayn Plays: 3: Here; Now You Know; La Belle Vivette
Contemporary Dramatists
AuthorMichael Frayn
PublisherBloomsbury Academic, 2000
Original fromthe University of Virginia
DigitizedMar 23, 2011
ISBN0413752305, 9780413752307
Length351 pages
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