{"product_id":"9781350155169","title":"Noises Off","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNoises Off\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Michael Frayn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf we can just get through the play once tonight for doors and sardines. That's what it's all about. Doors and sardines. Getting on - getting off...that's farce. That's the theatre. That's life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Frayn's irresistible, multi-award-winning backstage farce \u003ci\u003eNoises Off\u003c\/i\u003e, enjoyed by millions of people worldwide since it premiered in 1982, has been hailed as one of the greatest British comedies ever written. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of both Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Comedy, this celebrated play-within-a-play serves up a riotous double bill of comedic craft and dramatic skill. Hurtling along at breakneck speed it follows the backstage antics of a touring theatre company as they stumble through the dress-rehearsal at Weston-super-Mare, then on to a disastrous matinee at Ashton-under-Lyne, followed by a total meltdown in Stockton-on-Tees. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrequently revived around the world, this new edition of the text was published to coincide with the acclaimed 2019 West End revival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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 reality.” —\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A spot on parody..achieves an almost mathematical elegance as Frayn calculates all the many and varied ways in which it can all go wrong. \u003ci\u003eNoises Off\u003c\/i\u003e is cunningly structured.” —\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A classic farce and a fiendishly ingenious homage to the form . . . raucously delightful” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There has never been a more brilliantly conceived machine for helpless laughter than Michael Frayn's 1982 classic \u003ci\u003eNoises Off\u003c\/i\u003e...deliriously funny.” —\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350155169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40722036752590,"sku":"9781350155169","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_841cba76-2cb0-41f5-a7c7-52fff72b2f97.jpg?v=1641101915","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350155169","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}