by Michael Frayn
The idea for it came in 1970, when Frayn was watching from the wings a performance of The Two of Us, a farce that he had written for Lynn Redgrave. He said, "It was funnier from behind than in front, and I thought that one day I must write a farce from behind."
A play within a play. Sounds confusing right? I thought so too once hearing that. I essentially only read this play because it was mandatory in my English Writers Craft course, seeing as I'm not big on play wrights. Overall, I did enjoy it, most likely because I read this as play with other students...
I've seen this three times. It's the most clever play, hysterically funny, really laugh-until-it-hurts-funny, but it has to be done by somebody top-notch. Happily, I've only bombed out once.Michael Frayn suffers from being an all-rounder. I once read some advice he gave to aspiring writers. Find one...
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