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Simon Gray

    Simon Gray was een Engelse toneelschrijver en memoïreschrijver, gevierd om zijn zelfspot. Zijn werk biedt een indringende kijk op de menselijke natuur, waarbij vaak thema's als isolatie en de zoektocht naar betekenis worden verkend. Gray vermengde meesterlijk komische en tragische elementen, en creëerde verhalen vol ironie en diepe menselijkheid.

    Ende des Spiels
    Simon Gray: Plays 4
    Yellow Orang-Utan Industries
    Granta - 91: Wish You Were Here
    The definitive Simon Gray I.
    Otherwise Engaged and Other Plays
    • Yellow Orang-Utan Industries

      • 164bladzijden
      • 6 uur lezen

      Set in the enigmatic Yellow Orang-Utan Industries, the story unfolds as the beloved, computer-generated president, Piano Smedley, is found dead, leading to chaos within the corporation. Gertrude, the real president's assistant, grapples with her unexpected grief for a fictional figure while trying to manage the fallout. As the board steps in and a new fake president is introduced, interest in the company wanes. Amidst the turmoil, Gertrude befriends Wellington, a prototype android with uncanny stock market insights, complicating the already precarious situation.

      Yellow Orang-Utan Industries2020
    • Simon Gray: Plays 4

      Common Pursuit / Holy Terror / After Pilkington / Old Flames / They Never Slept

      • 368bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      A play that combines intelligence and wit with a generosity of spirit.

      Simon Gray: Plays 42010
    • Granta - 91: Wish You Were Here

      • 256bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      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.

      Granta - 91: Wish You Were Here2005
      3,7
    • The definitive Simon Gray I.

      • 384bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      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 definitive Simon Gray I.1992
      3,0