Frayn

/ freɪn /

noun

1. FraynMichael1933MBritishWRITING: playwrightWRITING: novelistWRITING: translator Michael . born 1933, British playwright, novelist, and translator; his plays include The Two of Us (1970), Noises Off (1982), Copenhagen (1998), and Democracy (2004); novels include A Landing on the Sun (1991) and Spies (2002)

Example Sentences

Blakemore was nominated seven times for Tonys, notably for his productions of Peter Nichols’ “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg” in 1968 and Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off” in 1983.

From Seattle Times

But it was the flair and care he brought to a revival of “Kiss Me, Kate,” the Cole Porter show about a troupe of players presenting a musical version of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” and to a later Frayn play, “Copenhagen,” that won him the unique double of best direction of a musical and best direction of a play in 2000.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Blakemore was nominated seven times for Tonys, notably for his productions of Peter Nichols’s “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg” in 1968 and Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off” in 1983.

From New York Times

In such moments, “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” begins to achieve the dizzying liftoff of the best backstage farces, like Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off.”

From New York Times

Michael Frayn called his rendition “Wild Honey.”

From New York Times