Word: frayne
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Frayn begins Noise Off brilliantly--for several minutes Heather Gunn, who plays the actress Dotty Otley, who plays housekeeper Mrs. Clackett in Nothing On, occupies the stage, nonsensically mumbling about sardines and trying to answer a telephone at the same time. It is only minutes later, with the entrance of the director of Nothing On, that the audience understands that Noise Off is about the rehearsal of another play...
...philosophical burglar, a relaxation-technique enthusiast, an Arab sheik and plates of sardines all contribute to the side-splitting humor of the Loeb Mainstage's play within a play, Noises Off. Written by Michael Frayn, Noises Off is really about a second-rate theater company's attempt to stage second-rate playwright Robin House-monger's Nothing On. This HRDC production employs skillful direction and great comic talent to focus on the onstage and backstage sexual politics of a group of British has-been actors...
...Michael Frayn...
...DESPITE Frayn's basically witty dialogue and the realistic two-story Brent summer home designed by director John Claflin, most of Act I drags. Act III, due to no fault of the actors, is also a let-down. Act II, however, fraught with fast-paced action and funny mime sequences, is definitely the most entertaining part of the show...
...Frayn's fast-paced Broadway hit, Noises Off, runs at the Loeb Mainstage this weekend. Revolving around the staging of a second-rate sex romp by a down and out theater, Noises Off will play next weekend as well...