Frayn Michael - Frayn Plays: 4 Copenhagen; Democracy; Afterlife - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Michael Frayn is one of the great playwrights of our time enjoying international acclaim and prestige. This anthology contains three of his strongest titles of serious drama: Copenhagen Democracy and Afterlife. The volume features the definitive version of each play together with an introduction by the author and a chronology of his work. Copenhagen: The most invigorating and ingenious play of ideas in many a year and a work of art that humanizes physics in a way no other has done New York Times Michael Frayn's tremendous new play is a piece of history an intellectual thriller a psychological investigation and a moral tribunal in full session. Sunday Times A profound and haunting meditation on the mysteries of human motivation. Independent Democracy: Michael Frayn's complex and richly rewarding new play. is wonderfully alert to the piquant paradoxes and ironic twists of this intensely tricky period in Germany's conversation with itself. Independent What makes Frayn's play essential viewing is its Schiller - like grasp of practical politics Guardian Michael Frayn's Democracy. is one of those rare dramas that don't just dare to think big but that fully translate their high aspirations to the stage with sharp style and thrilling clarity New York Times Afterlife: This play is almost literally brilliant - it glitters shines and gleams with Frayn's trademark perceptive wit as it sends up the whole concept of theatre in the process of telling a strong essentially tragic biographical story The Stage
Title: Frayn Plays: 4 Copenhagen; Democracy; Afterlife
Author(s): Frayn Michael
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781408128626
Pages: 432 Pages, None
Publication Date: 9/1/2010
Series: Contemporary Dramatists
Category: Plays, Playscripts