What theater usually prefers to conceal is shown here: pure backstage! The mechanisms of tabloid theater are laid bare, as are the "fragility of life" and the interpersonal tensions within (each) ensemble.
In this highly successful play from 1982, British author Michael Frayn satirizes nothing less than the entire theater business with irresistible comedy.
His farce thrives on the players' attempts to maintain order on stage while total chaos breaks out in their private lives.
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