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Noises Off is a 1982 farce by the English playwright Michael Frayn.. Frayn conceived the idea in 1970 while watching from the wings a performance of The Two of Us, a farce that he had written for Lynn Redgrave.
In 2015, theatre critic Michael Billington included the play in his list of the "101 greatest plays" ever written in any western language. [3] In 2019, Machinal was named as one of the "40 best plays of all time" by The Independent. [1] In 2020, Machinal was included on BroadwayWorld's list of the "101 GREATEST PLAYS of the Past 100 Years". [26 ...
Frayn has written a book about philosophy, Constructions, and a book of his own philosophy, The Human Touch. Frayn's columns for The Guardian and The Observer (collected in At Bay in Gear Street, The Day of the Dog , The Book of Fub and On the Outskirts ) are models of the comic essay; in the 1980s a number of them were adapted and performed ...
The Lieutenant of Inishmore / l ɛ f ˈ t ɛ n ə n t ... ˈ ɪ n ɪ ʃ ˌ m oʊ r / is a black comedy by Martin McDonagh, in which the 'mad' leader of an Irish National Liberation Army splinter group discovers that his cat has been killed.
The book of the musical, which stayed close to the play, was written by Hansberry's former husband, Robert Nemiroff. Music and lyrics were by Judd Woldin and Robert Brittan. The cast included Joe Morton (Walter Lee), Virginia Capers (Mama), Ernestine Jackson (Ruth), Debbie Allen (Beneatha) and Ralph Carter (Travis, the Youngers' young son).
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales is a postmodern children's book written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith. [1] Published in 1992 by Viking, it is a collection of twisted, humorous parodies of famous children's stories and fairy tales, such as "Little Red Riding Hood", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Gingerbread Man".
He is perhaps best known for his comic one-act plays; The New York Times in 1997 referred to him as the "maestro of the short form". [1] Ives has also written dramatic plays, narrative stories, and screenplays, has adapted French 17th and 18th-century classical comedies, and adapted 33 musicals for New York City's Encores! series. [2] [3]
Arcadia is a 1993 stage play written by English playwright Tom Stoppard, which explores the relationship between past and present, order and disorder, certainty and uncertainty. It has been praised by many critics as the finest play from "one of the most significant contemporary playwrights" in the English language. [ 1 ]