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Bloomsbury, London
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
The hero of 'Otherwise Engaged' only prefers brevity when he cannot have complete silence - or rather a silence filled with music. Everything in the play flows from that simple fact. This treacherous relationship between stage presence and page...
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The hero of 'Otherwise Engaged' only prefers brevity when he cannot have complete silence - or rather a silence filled with music. Everything in the play flows from that simple fact. This treacherous relationship between stage presence and page absence was illustrated by the response of the play's first producer who nearly rejected it on the grounds that there was no main part. 'Otherwise Engaged' was premiered at the Queen's Theatre, London, in July 1975.
Verlag:
Bloomsbury, London
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Gray's play 'Otherwise Engaged' was about a man (Simon Hench) who tries to keep the world at bay by pretending it does not really exist. The world nevertheless keeps coming at him as all those closest to him require an explanation for his existence....
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Gray's play 'Otherwise Engaged' was about a man (Simon Hench) who tries to keep the world at bay by pretending it does not really exist. The world nevertheless keeps coming at him as all those closest to him require an explanation for his existence. In 1996 Simon Gray wrote this sequel, in which he explores how Simon Hench responds to the catastrophes and absurdities of his life a quarter century on, when explanations are still being required. 'Simply Disconnected' was first performed at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, in May 1996.
Verlag:
Bloomsbury, London
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
'Molly' is a stage adaptation of Gray's earliest television play 'Death of a Teddy Bear', based on the Alma Rattenbury case in which she confessed to her husband's murder, actually committed by her lover, retracted the confession but then committed...
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'Molly' is a stage adaptation of Gray's earliest television play 'Death of a Teddy Bear', based on the Alma Rattenbury case in which she confessed to her husband's murder, actually committed by her lover, retracted the confession but then committed suicide. Gray based his play, first presented at the Watford Palace Theatre in November 1977, on the effect that the account of the case had on him.
Verlag:
Bloomsbury, London
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Peter finds the idea of sitting at his desk in a publishing house considerably less attractive than attempting to seduce a free-lance cover designer while his wife is out teaching English to foreigners and shopping at Sainsbury. 'Dog Days' is about...
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Peter finds the idea of sitting at his desk in a publishing house considerably less attractive than attempting to seduce a free-lance cover designer while his wife is out teaching English to foreigners and shopping at Sainsbury. 'Dog Days' is about the sad and hilarious consequences of Peter's disenchantment with his job, his wife, his public schoolmaster brother and himself. The play is a companion piece to 'Otherwise Engaged' and has the same remarkable blend of wit and pathos, humour and despair. 'Dog Days' was first performed in October 1976 at the Oxford Playhouse.