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'It's my Mousetrap': Michael Frayn on Noises Off, a farce to be reckoned with

by Vanessa Thorpe Arts, Media Correspondent

The 1982 play stills pulls in crowds from Broadway to Helsinki, and is now returning to the West End for a fifth time. 'I just can't understand it,' says its creator The arrival of anything by post was significant during the pandemic lockdown but, for the writer Michael Frayn, the contents of one envelope were particularly welcome. "Theatre had stopped and my income had dried up, so I was astonished when a large ch…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:00am on January 8, 2023