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N. F. Simpson: Collected Plays: A Resounding Tinkle; the Hole; Gladly Otherwise; One Way Pendulum; the Cresta Run; Was He Anyone?; If So, Then Yes
N. F. Simpson
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Description for N. F. Simpson: Collected Plays: A Resounding Tinkle; the Hole; Gladly Otherwise; One Way Pendulum; the Cresta Run; Was He Anyone?; If So, Then Yes
Paperback. The author was one of the leading exponents of the theatre of the absurd, and is best known for his play A Resounding Tinkle, made famous by its premiere at the Royal Court in 1957, and later to star Peter Cook. This title celebrates the work of this lost comic genius. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 38. Weight in Grams: 466.
'I'm terribly methodical and orderly, but I have a strange, underlying contempt for it... what I try to express is chaos in a context of order. And that's the basis of all comedy I suppose.'
N.F. Simpson, The Guardian, 1965
N. F. Simpson was one of the leading exponents of the theatre of the absurd, and is best known for his play A Resounding Tinkle, made famous by its premiere at the Royal Court in 1957, and later to star Peter Cook. He was a major force in the satire boom of the sixties, and wrote much exceptional ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571304905
SKU
V9780571304905
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About N. F. Simpson
Born in 1919, N. F. Simpson's works include A Resounding Tinkle (1957), The Hole (1957) and One Way Pendulum (1959), all of which premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London. A Resounding Tinkle was revived in a sell-out production at the Donmar Warehouse in 2007. His last play If So, Then Yes premiered in 2010. Simpson wrote extensively for the ... Read more
Reviews for N. F. Simpson: Collected Plays: A Resounding Tinkle; the Hole; Gladly Otherwise; One Way Pendulum; the Cresta Run; Was He Anyone?; If So, Then Yes
'I am ready to burn my boats and pronounce N.F. Simpson the most gifted comic writer the English stage has discovered since the war.' Kenneth Tynan, 1958 Kenneth Tynan 'Simpson emerges as a missing link in British humour. He fits in somewhere between Carroll and Shaw and the Monty Python gang.' Michael Billington, 1988 A RESOUNDING TINKLE 'Simpson makes his ... Read more