Frayn

Frayn
Frayn
 
[freɪn], Michael, englischer Schriftsteller und Journalist, * London 8. 11. 1933; schrieb satirische Kolumnen für die Zeitungen »The Manchester Guardian« und »The Observer«. Satire und Fantasie bestimmen auch seine Romane, denen komödienhafte Fernsehspiele und Bühnenstücke folgten.
 
Werke: Romane: The tin men (1965; deutsch Blechkumpel); The Russian interpreter (1966; deutsch Zwei Briten in Moskau); Towards the end of the morning (1967); A very private life (1968); A landing on the sun (1991; deutsch Sonnenlandung); Now you know (1992; deutsch Jetzt weißt du's); Headlong (1999; deutsch Das verschollene Bild).
 
Stücke: Noises off (1982; deutsch Der nackte Wahnsinn); Benefactors (1984; deutsch Wohltäter); Balmoral (1987); First and last (1989); The trick of it (1989; deutsch Wie macht sie's bloß?); Look, look (1990); Here (1993); Copenhagen (1998; deutsch Kopenhagen).

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