Stage Directions - Writing on Theatre 1970-2008

Informationen zum Autor Michael Frayn was born in London in 1933 and began his career as a journalist on the Guardian and the Observer . His novels include Towards the End of the Morning , Headlong, Spies and Skios . His seventeen plays range from Noises Off , recently chosen as one of the nation's three favourite plays, to Copenhagen , which won the 1998 Evening Standard Award for Best Play of the Year and the 2000 Tony Award for Best Play. He is married to the writer Claire Tomalin. Klappentext Stage Directions covers half a lifetime and the whole range of Frayn's theatrical writing, right up to a new piece about his latest play, Afterlife. It is also a reflection on his path into theatre: the 'doubtful beginnings' of his childhood, his subsequent scorn as a young man and, surprisingly late in life, his reluctant conversion. Stage Directions: Writing on Theatre 1970-2008 is a charming and insightful collection of writings that forms an essential commentary on Michael Frayn's life and work. Zusammenfassung Stage Directions covers half a lifetime and the whole range of Frayn's theatrical writing, right up to a new piece about his latest play, Afterlife. It is also a reflection on his path into theatre: the 'doubtful beginnings' of his childhood, his subsequent scorn as a young man and, surprisingly late in life, his reluctant conversion.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Frayn
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.09.2009
• EAN: 9780571240562
• ISBN: 978-0-571-24056-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 220 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting, Biography: arts & entertainment, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Biography: arts and entertainment, Literary studies: plays and playwrights