{"product_id":"noises-off-9781350155169","title":"Noises Off","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf we can just get through the play once tonight for doors and sardines. That's what it's all about. Doors and sardines. Getting on - getting off...that's farce. That's the theatre. That's life.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Frayn's irresistible, multi-award-winning backstage farce \u003ci\u003eNoises Off\u003c\/i\u003e, enjoyed by millions of people worldwide since it premiered in 1982, has been hailed as one of the greatest British comedies ever written. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of both Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Comedy, this celebrated play-within-a-play serves up a riotous double bill of comedic craft and dramatic skill. Hurtling along at breakneck speed it follows the backstage antics of a touring theatre company as they stumble through the dress-rehearsal at Weston-super-Mare, then on to a disastrous matinee at Ashton-under-Lyne, followed by a total meltdown in Stockton-on-Tees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrequently revived around the world, this new edition of the text was published to coincide with the acclaimed 2019 West End revival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Frayn\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London in 1933 and read Russian, French and Moral Sciences (Philosophy) at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He began his career as a journalist on the \u003ci\u003eManchester Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e. His award-winning plays include \u003ci\u003eAlphabetical Order\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMake and Break\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNoises Off\u003c\/i\u003e, all of which received Best Comedy of the Year awards, while \u003ci\u003eBenefactors \u003c\/i\u003ewas named Best Play of the Year. Two of his more recent plays, \u003ci\u003eCopenhagen \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDemocracy\u003c\/i\u003e, also won numerous awards (including, for Copenhagen, the Tony in New York and the Prix Moli?re in Paris). In 2006 \u003ci\u003eDonkeys' Years \u003c\/i\u003ewas revived in the West End thirty years after its premiere and was followed in 2007 by \u003ci\u003eThe Crimson Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e, at the Donmar, and by \u003ci\u003eAfterlife\u003c\/i\u003e, at the National Theatre, in 2008. Frayn has translated Chekhov's last four plays, dramatised a selection of his one-act plays and short stories under the title \u003ci\u003eThe Sneeze\u003c\/i\u003e, and adapted his first, untitled play, as \u003ci\u003eWild Honey\u003c\/i\u003e. Frayn's novels include \u003ci\u003eTowards the End of the Morning\u003c\/i\u003e (in the USA, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Entropy\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Trick of It\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Landing on the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeadlong \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSpies\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent books were a work of philosophy, \u003ci\u003eThe Human Touch\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStage Directions\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of his writing on the theatre.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50859057381650,"sku":"9781350155169","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2c8cc9c1-5837-46e1-9caa-814a6c1750a7.jpg?v=1748591702","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/noises-off-9781350155169","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}