Michael Frayn Plays: 4 (Contemporary Dramatists) - Softcover

"Copenhagen": "The most invigorating and ingenious play of ideas in many a year and a work of art that humanizes physics in a way no other has done."-"New York Times" "Michael Frayn's tremendous new play is a piece of history, an intellectual thriller, a psychological investigation and a moral tribunal in full session."-"Sunday Times" (of London) "A profound and haunting meditation on the mysteries of human motivation."-"Independent " "Democracy": "Michael Frayn's complex and richly rewarding new play...is wonderfully alert to the piquant paradoxes and ironic twists of this intensely tricky period in Germany's conversation with itself."-"Independent " "What makes Frayn's play essential viewing is its Schiller-like grasp of practical politics."-"Guardian " "One of those rare dramas that don't just dare to think big but that fully translate their high aspirations to the stage, with sharp style and thrilling clarity. "Copenhagen" "The most invigorating and ingenious play of ideas in many a year and a work of art that humanizes physics in a way no other has done."--"The""New York Times" "Michael Frayn's tremendous new play is a piece of history, an intellectual thriller, a psychological investigation and a moral tribunal in full session."--"Sunday Times" (of London) "A profound and haunting meditation on the mysteries of human motivation."--"Independent" "Democracy" "Michael Frayn's complex and richly rewarding new play...is wonderfully alert to the piquant paradoxes and ironic twists of this intensely tricky period in Germany's conversation with itself."--"Independent " "What makes Frayn's play essential viewing is its Schiller-like grasp of practical politics."--"Guardian" "One of those rare dramas that don't just dare to think big but that fully translate their high aspirations to the stage, with sharp style and thrilling clarity."--"The""New York Times" "Afterlife" "This play is almost literally brilliant - it glitters, shines and gleams with Frayn's trademark perceptive wit as it sends up the whole concept of theatre in the process of telling a strong, essentially tragic biographical story>"--"The Stage" "The most invigorating and ingenious play of ideas in many a year and a work of art that humanizes physics in a way no other has done." --The New York Times on Copenhagen "Michael Frayn's tremendous new play is a piece of history, an intellectual thriller, a psychological investigation and a moral tribunal in full session." --Sunday Times (of London) "A profound and haunting meditation on the mysteries of human motivation." --Independent "Michael Frayn's complex and richly rewarding new play...is wonderfully alert to the piquant paradoxes and ironic twists of this intensely tricky period in Germany's conversation with itself." --Independent on Democracy "What makes Frayn's play essential viewing is its Schiller-like grasp of practical politics." --Guardian "One of those rare dramas that don't just dare to think big but that fully translate their high aspirations to the stage, with sharp style and thrilling clarity." --The New York Times "This play is almost literally brilliant - it glitters, shines and gleams with Frayn's trademark perceptive wit as it sends up the whole concept of theatre in the process of telling a strong, essentially tragic biographical story." --The Stage on Afterlife The most invigorating and ingenious play of ideas in many a year and a work of art that humanizes physics in a way no other has done. "The New York Times on Copenhagen" Michael Frayn's tremendous new play is a piece of history, an intellectual thriller, a psychological investigation and a moral tribunal in full session. "Sunday Times (of London)" A profound and haunting meditation on the mysteries of human motivation. "Independent" Michael Frayn's complex and richly rewarding new play...is wonderfully alert to the piquant paradoxes and ironic twists of this intensely tricky period in Germany's conversation with itself. "Independent on Democracy" What makes Frayn's play essential viewing is its Schiller-like grasp of practical politics. "Guardian" One of those rare dramas that don't just dare to think big but that fully translate their high aspirations to the stage, with sharp style and thrilling clarity. "The New York Times" This play is almost literally brilliant - it glitters, shines and gleams with Frayn's trademark perceptive wit as it sends up the whole concept of theatre in the process of telling a strong, essentially tragic biographical story. "The Stage on Afterlife""