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Simon Gray: Plays 1: Butley; Wise Child; Dutch Uncle; Spoiled; Sleeping Dog
Gray S
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Description for Simon Gray: Plays 1: Butley; Wise Child; Dutch Uncle; Spoiled; Sleeping Dog
Paperback. Features the play "Butley" that illuminates the stark, unsentimental approach to the homosexual relationship, the cynical send-up of academic life, and the skeptical view of the teacher-pupil associations. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 442.
Butley
'What is so wondrous about a play so basically defeatist and hurtful is its ability to be funny. The stark, unsentimental approach to the homosexual relationship, the cynical send-up of academic life, the skeptical view of the teacher-pupil associations are all stunningly illuminated by continuous explosions of sardonic, needling, feline, vituperative and civilised lines.' Evening Standard
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571254729
SKU
V9780571254729
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About Gray S
Simon Gray was born in 1936. He began his writing career with Colmain (1963), the first of five novels, all published by Faber. He is the author of many plays for TV and radio, also films, including the 1987 adaptation of J L Carr's A Month in the Country, and TV films including Running Late, After Pilkington (winner of the ... Read more
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