John Dyson trabaja en un periódico londinense que parece estar sumido en el letargo y en el que los periodistas se aburren soberanamente, alternando largas visitas al pub con siestas que duran toda la tarde. Editor de medio pelo (su sección...
This amusing satire about audiences by the author of Noises Off, Copenhagen and other acclaimed plays takes place in the stalls (orchestra) of a West End theatre. The cast includes an usherette, audience members and a playwright in agony over crinkling...
Called the funniest farce ever written, Noises Off presents a manic menagerie as a cast of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothings On. Doors slamming, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and...
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a dazzling story of mislaid identity, misdirected passion and miscalculated consequences, set on the sunlit Greek island of Skios. Frayn's other successful and award-winning titles include "Headlong"...
"Michael Frayn has the rare ability to construct farcical comedy around philosophical principles and the laughs and the ideas effortlessly intermesh."-Guardian
With over 20,000 copies sold in hardback, this has the intelligent appeal of "The God Delusion" and "Sophie's World". It's a search for an understanding of the big questions in life, from the author of award-winning novels,...
For more than 25 years, York Notes have been helping students throughout the UK to get the inside track on the written word. Firmly established as the nation's favourite and most comprehensive range of literature study guides, each and every York Note...
The Tony Award--winning play that soars at the intersection of science and art, Copenhagen" "is an explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb.