Frayn Plays

<p>Michael Frayn is one of the great playwrights of our time enjoying international acclaim and prestige. This anthology contains three of his strongest titles of serious drama: <i>Copenhagen Democracy </i>and <i>Afterlife</i>. The volume features the definitive version of each play together with an introduction by the author and a chronology of his work. <br/></p><p><b>Copenhagen</b>: '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' <i>New York Times</i> <br/>'Michael Frayn's tremendous new play is a piece of history an intellectual thriller a psychological investigation and a moral tribunal in full session.' <i>Sunday Times</i> <br/>'A profound and haunting meditation on the mysteries of human motivation.' <i>Independent</i><br/><b>Democracy</b>: '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.' <i>Independent</i> <br/>'What makes Frayn's play essential viewing is its Schiller-like grasp of practical politics' <i>Guardian</i> <br/>'Michael Frayn's <i>Democracy</i>...is 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' <i>New York Times</i> <br/><b>Afterlife</b>: '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' <i>The Stage</i></p>