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Noises Off (Methuen Modern Plays) (Paperback)

by Michael Frayn (Author)
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  • Paperback: 149 pages
  • Publisher: Methuen Drama; New edition edition (5 Oct 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0413758508
  • ISBN-13: 978-0413758507
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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'Frayn's construct is based on the principle that if farce involves watching the wheels come off a well-oiled machine, then nothing could be funnier than seeing the wheels fall off a farce itself Pure comedy gold.' Alfred Hickling, Guardian, 26.2.09

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Noises Off is not one play but two - simultaneously a traditional sex farce, Nothing On, and the backstage farce that develops during Nothing On's final rehearsal and tour. The two farces begin to interlock, as the characters make their exits from Nothing On only to find themselves making entrances into the even worse nightmare going on backstage, and exit from that only to make their entrances back into Nothing On. In the end, at the disastrous final performance in Stockton-on-Tees, the two farces can be kept separate no longer, and coalesce into one single collective nervous breakdown. Noises Off won both the Evening Standard and the Olivier Awards for Best Comedy when it was first produced, and ran in the West End for nearly five years. Michael Frayn's most recent play, Copenhagen, won both the Evening Standard Best Play Award in London and the Tony Best Play Award in New York.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Brilliant, 22 Dec 2007
This review is from: Noises Off (French's acting edition) (Paperback)
This has got to be one of the funniest and most succesful plays ever written. I saw it with Peter Egan,Patricia Hodge, Jeff Rawle and many more famous names in the cast, in fact I am writing this review with a photo of the cast on the wall in front of me. Its also a staple of the amateur dramatic societies and it was so succesful with one of our leading groups that it's run was extended for an extra week. Highly recommended. Another play I can recommend which seems to be doing well with Amdram Societies is a comedy bordering on farce called Lust In The Dust from New Theatre Publications.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A superbly funny farce., 4 Jul 2001
By witchbabe13@hotmail.com (Hastings, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Noises Off (French's acting edition) (Paperback)
This play is sure to go down in history as a farce of great merit. All the elements of farce are there from the dumb blonde to the randy young guy but here we get it two-fold as we see both a farce in rehearsal ('Nothing On') and the play we are watching. It gives a great insight into how backstage relationships effect on stage performances and is a must for any actor or anyone with dramatic notions, or just anyone who wants a good laugh on many different levels. Truely excellent.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious. I almost laughed my head off. At the theatre., 9 Jan 2002
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Michael Frayn's "Noises Off" is the farce to end all farces, a hilariously funny play that had me fall off my theatre seat repeatedly because I just couldn't stop laughing. A group of moderately talented actors attempts to perform a bedroom farce called "Nothing On", but their own incompentence and personal disagreements get in the way to result in perfect, bizarre chaos.

This is one of the funniest plays I've ever seen. Much of the humour, however, depends on seeing the whole thing acted out on stage. It's not nearly half as funny if you read it as a book.

That said, if this play comes to a theatre near you, go and watch it by all means!! If afterwards you want something to remember it by, buy this book.

The play would get 5 stars easily, the book is barely a replacement for seeing the whole thing live, so it's just 4 stars from me.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely hilarious
Having watched the film with Michael Caine which was based on this farce, I was curious to read the original text - and it's fantastic! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant farce
As a second language learner, I think this is play is full of witty language and word play. It reveals the wits of British English. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very very funny!
Noises Off has to be one of the funniest things I have ever read. As the cast relations go as wrong as they can you see how that is shown in a second rate production of sex farce... Read more
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