{"product_id":"noises-off-a-play-in-three-acts-9781400031603","title":"Noises Off: A Play in Three Acts","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Tony Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eCopenhagen \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a play that's \"spectacularly funny...a peerless backstage comedy\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNoises Off \u003c\/i\u003eis not one play but two: simultaneously a traditional sex farce, \u003ci\u003eNothing On, \u003c\/i\u003e and the backstage \"drama\" that develops during \u003ci\u003eNothing On\u003c\/i\u003e's final rehearsal and tour. The two begin to interlock as the characters make their exits from \u003ci\u003eNothing On\u003c\/i\u003e only to find themselves making entrances into the even worse nightmare going on 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Frayn has written plays, novels, and screenplays, in additioin to being a journalist, documentary filmmaker, and translator of Chekhov. His thirteen plays include \u003ci\u003eCopenhagen\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the Tony Award for Best Play, as well as the Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards and, in the United Kingdom, the Olivier and \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e awards. His novel \u003ci\u003eHeadlong\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eSpies\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2002. Born in London in 1933 and educated at Cambridge, Frayn is married to the biographer and critic Claire Tomalin; they live in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50414960574738,"sku":"9781400031603","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fe00de39-26de-4302-8812-dc7dc2f66c74.jpg?v=1729391825","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/noises-off-a-play-in-three-acts-9781400031603","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}