Noises Off
Noises Off
Author: Michael Frayn
First Performance: 1982, London
Published: 1982
Genre: Farce in 3 acts
Setting: Stage set of an English country home in three different theatres, c.1980
Cast: 7m, 3f
‘Mrs Clackett’, ‘a housekeeper of character’, answers a telephone enquiry about the house. She breaks off: she is a famous but ageing actress Dotty Otley, rehearsing a play
Nothing On that opens the following day under the direction of Lloyd Dallas. Estate agent ‘Roger’ enters with the attractive young ‘Vicki’ for a quick seduction and is surprised to find ‘Mrs Clackett’ at home. ‘Philip’ and ‘Flavia Brent’, the owners, arrive back home unexpectedly, and there is some delay to the rehearsal while doors are fixed, and an elderly alcoholic in the cast Selsdon...
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