WHAT DOES FRAYN MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of Frayn in the English dictionary
The definition of Frayn in the dictionary is Michael. born 1933, British playwright, novelist, and translator; his plays include The Two of Us, Noises Off, Copenhagen, and Democracy ; novels include A Landing on the Sun and Spies.
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'Bernard Shaw couldn't do it, Henry James couldn't do it, but the ingenious English author Michael Frayn does do it: write novels and plays with equal success ... Frayn's novel excels.' John updike, New Yorker 'Deeply satisfying . . .
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Metabolic Regulation: A Human Perspective
The important Third Edition of this successful book conveys a modern and integrated picture of metabolism and metabolic regulation.
Trapped in the villa with her, by an unfortunate chain of misadventure, is a balding old gent called Dr Norman Wilfred, who has lost his whereabouts, his luggage, his temper and increasingly all normal sense of reality -- everything he ...
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Marking British literary star Rebecca Frayn’s arrival in the United States, this is fiction at its riveting best.
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Frayn Plays: 4: Copenhagen; Democracy; Afterlife
Michael Frayn is one of the great playwrights of our time, enjoying international acclaim and prestige.
In the end, at the disastrous final performance, the two plots can be kept separate no longer, and coalesce into a single collective nervous breakdown. From the Trade Paperback edition.
"Methuen are to be congratulated on launching this series...extremely useful to theatre professionals as well as to students and teachers of drama" (David Bradby, Speech and Drama)
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My Father's Fortune: A Life
' This was what Michael Frayn's children called the shadowy landscape of the past from which their family had emerged. In this book he sets out to rediscover that lost land before all trace of it finally disappears beyond recall.
. . 'One knew, sourly, that this book was going to be funny; one did not see how it could be continuously funny ... the fun of The Tin Men is outrageous because it is so serious.' Anthony Burgess 'As brilliant as all Michael Frayn's work.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRAYN»
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Theater Review: 'Copenhagen'
Michael Frayn's “Copenhagen” is taking audiences on a long, strange trip at the Manatee Players in a Little Grey Hat production. It's a fantasy ... «YourObserver.com, Jul 15»
Good Turnout For Public Meeting On Empire House
The meeting was introduced by Rebecca Frayn of the Friends of Turnham Green. The audiance heard that the initial application for Judicial ... «ChiswickW4.com, Jul 15»
'Copenhagen' opens in Bradenton
'Copenhagen' was written by Michael Frayn," said director Heiko Knipfelberg. "He also wrote 'Noises Off,' which is a very funny farce. «Bradenton Herald, Jul 15»
Your Opportunities (July 9, 2015)
Albany Civic Theater will be holding open auditions for its upcoming comedy play “Noises Off,” written by Michael Frayn and directed by Kay M. «Albany Democrat Herald, Jul 15»
Copenhagen Opens This Week at Manatee Performing Arts Center
The Michael Frayn play takes place in the afterlife, where Danish-born Allies scientist Niels Bohr (David Yamin) and German-born Axis scientist ... «The Bradenton Times, Jul 15»
Short-term cold acclimation improves insulin sensitivity in patients …
... insulin-stimulated substrate oxidation was measured by indirect calorimetry (Omnical, IDEE, Maastricht, the Netherlands) and calculated according to Frayn. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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MARIETTA, Ohio — The Tony Award-nominated comedy “Noises Off” by Michael Frayn will open Saturday at the Friederich Theater in the ... «Charleston Gazette, Jul 15»
Best books for summer 2015: what to read
For a week I sat on the beach reading Towards the End of the Morning (Faber), Michael Frayn's 1967 satire about Fleet Street life, laughing ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Shakespeare Festival continues
Scheduled plays include "Cymbeline" and "The Tragedy of Macbeth" by William Shakespeare as well as "Noises Off" by Michael Frayn and "My ... «Longview News-Journal, Jul 15»
Want to lift your spirits? Try four hours of Greek tragedy
... for the audience is farce: sequences in Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests, Michael Frayn's Noises Off and Richard Bean's One Man, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
