Most Popular Books by Michael Frayn

Eine schwindelerregende Verwechslungskomödie: Auf einer Ferieninsel in Griechenland bereiten sich die Gäste einer amerikanischen Stiftung auf die Ankunft des diesjährigen Gastredners vor. Dr. Norman Wilfred, Autorität auf dem Gebiet der Szientometrie, erweist sich als erstaunlich jung und gutaussehend und ist alles andere als ein verknöcherter Gelehrter. Das findet insbesondere Nikki, die attraktive rechte Hand von Mrs. Toppler, der Mäzenin. Als Nikkis leichtsinnige Freundin Georgie auf einem anderen Teil der Insel auf einen kahlen, missmutigen und orientierungslosen Mann namens Dr. Norman Wilfred trifft, bricht der nackte Wahnsinn aus.

Pocket Playhouse is Michael Frayn''s latest imaginative offering that brings the stage to the page. In thirty-six comic sketches, he provides a tour de force of theatrical imagination and satire. Each sketch reveals the author''s infectious delight in writing between the lines of theatre, fiction and comedy. Charmingly packaged and published with flair, Pocket Playhouse is the perfect gift for all theatre and comedy writers.

Who is Celia, and what are the mysterious papers found concealed under the attic floorboards of an old country house? Are they simply instructions for assembling a table-tennis table, written in idiosyncratic German, or could they contain a coded message?.

El subito rastro inquietante y casi olvidado aroma de la alhena conduce a Stephen Wheatley a regresar al escenario de un verano de su ingancia que recuerda vagamente. En una tranquila calle da las afueras de Londres, mientras una lejana Segunda Guerra MUndial asola Europa, dos ninos, Stephen y Keith, se enrolan en un particular juego belico: espiar a los vecinos, anotar sus movimientos y desentranar sus secretos.

Théâtre avec quatre personnages: deux femmes, deux hommes

"Martin Jarvis and producer Pete Atkin have got together with BBC Radio 4 to record a wonderful series of hilarious pieces originally written by Michael Frayn. Martin Jarvis performs 99 different roles!"--Publisher''s description.

Cath and Phil walked down the street, saw a ''To Let'' board, and rented the top floor of Pat''s house, the studio that used to be the boys'' room, where she put Eric when he had his cough, in that chair just there behind the curtain. Up alone in their little attic, their relationship is put to the test. Which side of the flat is Cath''s? Does Phil own the alcove? Will they ever throw out Theodore, the abandoned toy dog? First produced at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 1993, ''Here'' is a funny, accurate look at a young couple struggling to make joint decisions as they feel their individuality slipping away.