Simon Gray: Plays 4
Common Pursuit / Holy Terror / After Pilkington / Old Flames / They Never Slept
- 368 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
A play that combines intelligence and wit with a generosity of spirit.
Simon Gray war ein englischer Dramatiker und Memoirenautor, der für seinen selbstironischen Witz gefeiert wurde. Sein Werk bietet einen durchdringenden Blick auf die menschliche Natur und erforscht oft Themen wie Isolation und die Suche nach Sinn. Gray verband meisterhaft komische und tragische Elemente und schuf Erzählungen voller Ironie und tiefer Menschlichkeit.





Common Pursuit / Holy Terror / After Pilkington / Old Flames / They Never Slept
A play that combines intelligence and wit with a generosity of spirit.
The author of the celebrated and widely-acclaimed The Smoking Diaries, returns to print, with a tender, affecting, and of course funny account of his friendship with Alan Bates, written as he waits in Barbados for Harold Pinter to turn up.
This play features a university lecturer, Ben Butley, who shares his office and his flat with a former star pupil, Joey, now also a teacher. On the day the play takes place, Butley faces both the ultimate breakdown of his marriage and the intensity of his friendship with Joey.