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Number One
Full-Length Play, Drama / 5f, 5m
Number One
by Jean Anouilh
Translated by Michael Frayn
Jean Anouilh's sharp and witty new play, which enjoyed a season at the Queen's Theatre, London, centres around the ageing, gout-stricken and passe playwright Leon Saint-Pe, as he struggles manfully to being a new play, provisionally entitled Les Miserables, despite the constant interruptions and selfish demands of his utterly egocentric family and friends. A master of the art of dramatic contrivance, Anouilh displays his usual stylish blend of cynicism and subtle irony when he has Leon, eventually deciding that everyone on earth is wholly self-centred, rechristen his play, Number One.|5 women, 5 men
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Cast Size
5f, 5m -
Subgenre
Adaptation (Stage & Screen)
Details
Summary
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting In attic studio and bedroom
Licensing & Materials
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Authors
Michael Frayn
Michael Frayn was born in London in 1933. He began his career as a reporter for the Guardian and later the Observer. After leaving the Observer he continued to write as a columnist as well as publishing novels and plays for television and stage.
His plays for stage include Cop ...
