Simon Gray: Plays 4
Common Pursuit / Holy Terror / After Pilkington / Old Flames / They Never Slept
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A play that combines intelligence and wit with a generosity of spirit.
Simon Gray byl anglický dramatik a autor vzpomínek, který se proslavil svým sebezpytujícím humorem. Jeho dílo se vyznačuje pronikavým pohledem na lidskou povahu a často se zabývá tématy izolace a hledání smyslu. Gray mistrně proplétal komické a tragické prvky, čímž vytvářel díla plná ironie a hluboké lidskosti.





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.