Noises Off - A Play - Softcover

"“The funniest play written in my lifetime”—Frank Rich, "The New York Times

"“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.”—"The Guardian""" "Noises Off"
"Winner of the Evening Standard, the Olivier Award for Best Comedy and the New York Drama Desk Award."

"Written by a man with a vision... Recommended."--"Library Journal

""The funniest play written in my lifetime"--Frank Rich, "The New York Times

""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."--"The Guardian""" "Noises Off"
"Winner of the Evening Standard, the Olivier Award for Best Comedy and the New York Drama Desk Award."

Michael Frayn

Full Length, Farce

Characters: 5 male, 4 female

2 Interior Scenes

Called the funniest farce ever written, NOISES OFF presents a manic menagerie as a cast of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called NOTHING'S ON. Doors slamming, on- and backstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play.

"The most dexterously realized comedy ever about putting on a comedy. A spectacularly funny, peerless backstage farce. This dizzy, well-known romp is festival of delirium."—The New York Times

"Bumper car brilliance...If laughter is indeed the best medicine, NOISES OFF is worth its weight in Cipro."—New York Daily News

"The funniest farce ever written! Never before has side-splitting taken on a meaning dangerously close to the non-metaphorically medical."—New York Post

"As side-splitting a farce as I have seen. Ever? Ever."—New York Magazine