“As finely worked as a Swiss watch and as funny as the human condition permits..the zigzag brilliance of the text as the clunky lines of the farce-within-a-farce rub against the sharp dialogue of real
Michael Frayn: A deeply sophisticated dramatist...the range and brilliance of his writing have been phenomenal...His work in the theatre has a very particular profile; elegant, precise, meticulous, wi
Winner of the Evening Standard Best Comedy Award after its long run at the Hampstead Theatre and on the West End in 1975, Alphabetical Order is set in the library of a provincial newspaper where batt
Two lovers - a playwright and his leading lady - escape to a discreet and charming Parisian hotel straight out of Feydeau - but conjured by the playwright (to make it even more discreet) from the emp
"One of theatre's subtlest, most sophisticated minds" (The Times)Alphabetical Order: "A comic essay about two types of woman… a very intelligent comedy because of its classic simplicity, and unusual i
