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Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 4m
Michael Frayn
Now You Know is a satirical comedy based on the novel of the same name. Terry is the director of a campaign for freedom of information and he has stumbled on a police cover-up that could bring great acclaim to his cause.
Terry is the director of a campaign for freedom of information and he has stumbled on a police cover-up that could bring great acclaim to his cause. But with the arrival of a new civil servant, Hilary, Terry's own secrets also slowly come to light. Now You Know is a satirical comedy based on the novel of the same name.
Now You Know premiered at the Hampstead Theatre in July 1995 under the direction of Michael Blakemore.
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REVIEWS
"Frayn's gently ironic comedy...picks up a cluster of ideas about secrecy, openness and the unpalatability of truth and dices them into a series of dilemmas." - Time Out
"There is some good, lively writing here...The play is funniest when it involves the human workings of Open, a crusading group where locked drawers and suppression of feeling are the norm." - London Times
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 ...