Michael Frayn

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in London, The United Kingdom

September 08, 1933

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Michael Frayn is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce Noises Off and the dramas Copenhagen and Democracy. His novels, such as Towards the End of the Morning, Headlong and Spies, have also been critical and commercial successes, making him one of the handful of writers in the English language to succeed in both drama and prose fiction. His works often raise philosophical questions in a humorous context. Frayn's wife is Claire Tomalin, the biographer and literary journalist.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 20,707 ratings · 1,124 reviews · 57 distinct works · Similar authors

	Noises Off 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 5,855 ratings — published 1982 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Copenhagen 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 1,619 ratings — published 1998 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spies 3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 1,552 ratings — published 2002 — 27 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Headlong 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 1,272 ratings — published 1999 — 31 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skios 3.11 of 5 stars 3.11 avg rating — 1,049 ratings — published 2012 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Towards the End of the Morning 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1967 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Landing on the Sun 3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Father's Fortune 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trick of It 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Democracy: A Play 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Michael Frayn

“Bohr: Heisenberg, I have to say - if people are to be measured strictly in terms of observable quantities...

Heisenberg: Then we should need a strange new quantum ethics.”
― Michael Frayn, Copenhagen

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“I haven't come to the theater to hear about other people's probelms. I've come to be taken out of myself, and, preferably, not put back again.”
― Michael Frayn

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“And now everything has changed once again. The air of the Close each evening is full of bird song - I've never really noticed it before. Full of birdsong and summer perfumes, full of strange glimpses and intimations just out of the corner of my eye, of longings and sadness and undefined hopes.
It has a name, this sweet disturbance. Its name is Lamorna.”
― Michael Frayn, Spies

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