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Noises off

Michael Frayn

198296 pagesabout 1–2 hours
1982
first published
  • 1982Methuen · 149 pages · ENGISBN 9780413506702
  • 1985S. French · 188 pages · ENGISBN 9780573619694
  • 2002Anchor Books · 176 pages · ENGISBN 9781400031603
  • 2000Methuen Drama · 96 pagesISBN 9780413758507

"Noises Off, the classic farce by the Tony Award-winning author of Copenhagen, is not one play but two: simultaneously a traditional sex farce, Nothing On, and the back-stage "drama" that develops during Nothing On's final rehearsal and tour. The two begin to interlock as the characters make their exits from Nothing On only to find themselves making entrances into the even worse nightmare that's happening backstage. In the end, at the disastrous final performance, the two plots can be kept separate no longer, and coalesce into a single collective nervous breakdown."--BOOK JACKET.

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