Collected plays
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書誌事項
Collected plays
（Faber contemporary classics）
Faber and Faber, 2013
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The collected plays
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収録内容
- A resounding tinkle
- The hole
- Gladly otherwise
- One way pendulum
- The form
- The cresta run
- Was he anyone?
- If so, then yes
内容説明・目次
内容説明
'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 comedy for film and TV for the likes of John Cleese, Beryl Reid, Hattie Jacques and Eric Sykes, as well as a number of brilliantly funny plays for theatre, which starred big names such as Harold Pinter and Kenneth Williams. His influence on everyone from Peter Cook's much-loved character E. L. Wisty to Monty Python's Flying Circus helped spawn a generation of incredible comic talent.
Plays included in the collection are A Resounding Tinkle, The Hole, Gladly Otherwise, One Way Pendulum, The Cresta Run, Was He Anyone? and his final work, If So, Then Yes, first performed in 2010.
This collection celebrates the work of this lost comic genius, and seeks to put his reputation back at the heart of British - and world - comedy.
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