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Alarms and Excursions (Acting Edition)
Michael Frayn
Alarms And Excursions
by Michael Frayn
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What readers are saying
Readers have mixed feelings about the play, with some finding it absurd and lacking meaning, while others appreciate its humor and clever dialogue. Many enjoy the familiar Frayn style that blends everyday situations with comedic elements. The contrast in opinions highlights the play's experimental nature, appealing to some but alienating others.
Insanely hilarious Clever dialogue Delightful language play Bizarre and meaningless Needs better staging
Synopsis
"Michael Frayn has the rare ability to construct farcical comedy around philosophical principles and the laughs and the ideas effortlessly intermesh" (Guardian)
Four old friends sit down for a quiet evening together.
But they are harassed by various bells, sirens, buzzers, warblers, beepers and cheepers, all trying to warn them of something.
What are these electronic voices trying to tell them?
Can they understand the mysterious disasters before disaster strikes?
It's a race against time - because there are seven more plays and twenty more characters still to come before the evening is through, plus a lot more strange noises - and increasingly desperate calls from eleven separate pay phones...
Publication
Publisher Methuen
Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Edition First Edition
Pages 130
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780413732804
ISBN-10 0413732800
eISBN-13 9781350013094
LCCN 98063780
LCC PR6056.R3A77 1998
Alarms And Excursions is a British play written by Michael Frayn and published by Methuen in London (1998).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play (eISBN 9781350013094).
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