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Now You Know: Play

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Now You Know: Play
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Michael Frayn
SeriesModern Plays
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:96
Dimensions(mm): Height 187,Width 120
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
ISBN/Barcode 9780413700100
ClassificationsDewey:822.914
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publication Date 14 August 1995
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

"One of theatre's subtlest, most sophisticated minds" (The Times) Now You Know: "Frayn's light but serious, marvellous play, about official and unofficial secrets, about idle curiosity and investigative purpose" (Observer)

Author Biography

Michael Frayn was born in London in 1933 and began his career as a journalist on the Guardian and the Observer. He has written seventeen plays, including Noises Off, Copenhagen, and Democracy, translated Chekhov's last four plays, and adapted his first as Wild Honey. His screenplays include Clockwise, starring John Cleese, and among his eleven novels are The Tin Men, Towards the End of the Morning, Headlong, Spies, and Skios. Collections of articles include Collected Columns, Stage Directions, and Travels with a Typewriter. He has also published two philosophical works, Constructions and The Human Touch, and a memoir, My Father's Fortune. His most recent publications are three collections of short entertainments, Matchbox Theatre, Pocket Playhouse, and Magic Mobile. He is married to the writer Claire Tomalin.

Reviews

"One of theatre's subtlest, most sophisticated minds" --The Times