Michael Frayn is a satirist who has moved from newspaper columns to novels to television productions to stage plays. Judging from the critical responses, he seems to have conquered each medium. His pl...
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Michael Frayn had five novels published between 1965 and 1973. The second and third of these, The Russian Interpreter (1966) and Towards the End of the Morning (1967), are conventional, the former a ...
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Michael Frayn's versatility has prevented his full recognition in any of the areas he has worked in during a forty-year career: novelist, comic novelist, lay philosopher, humorist, translator of class...
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In 1998 Michael Frayn had his first original play, Copenhagen, staged at the Royal National Theatre on London's south bank. This production was not the first time his work had been seen at the presti...
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How appropriate is the title of Frayn's text Spies?
Within Frayn's enigmatic and richly nostalgic text, the theme of spies is undoubtedly significant. The title has immediate connotations of secrecy,...
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Consider the ways Frayn presents Keith's mother
Frayn presents Keith's mother, Mrs Hayward in many different ways by his use of imagery, metaphors and irony. From being a perfect, composed lady who ...
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Within Frayn's enigmatic and richly nostalgic text, the theme of spies is undoubtedly significant. The title has immediate connotations of secrecy, danger and mystery. Frayn has cleverly left a trail ...
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Michael Frayn
