Simon Gray fue un dramaturgo y autor de memorias inglés, celebrado por su ingenio autocrítico. Su obra ofrece una mirada penetrante a la naturaleza humana, explorando a menudo temas como el aislamiento y la búsqueda de sentido. Gray mezcló magistralmente elementos cómicos y trágicos, creando narrativas ricas en ironía y profunda humanidad.
Isolated university professor Simon Hench, completely and selfishly otherwise engaged in listening to a new recording "Parsifal" is continually interrupted by students, friends, lovers and life.-2 women, 5 men
This play features a university lecturer, Ben Butley, who shares his office and his flat with a former star pupil, Joey, now also a teacher. On the day the play takes place, Butley faces both the ultimate breakdown of his marriage and the intensity of his friendship with Joey.
The author of the celebrated and widely-acclaimed The Smoking Diaries, returns to print, with a tender, affecting, and of course funny account of his friendship with Alan Bates, written as he waits in Barbados for Harold Pinter to turn up.
With Simon Gray, Lynn Barber And Jayne Anne Phillips Plus: Tim Judah On The Last Jews Of Baghdad
An anthology of private memory, including Lynn Barber on her close encounter with bigamy, Zoe Heller on her father's lovers, and Simon Gray on absent friends. Plus new fiction from J. Robert Lennon and Nell Freudenberger.
Common Pursuit / Holy Terror / After Pilkington / Old Flames / They Never Slept
A play that combines intelligence and wit with a generosity of spirit.