Frayn

British

/ freɪn /

noun

Michael . born 1933, British playwright, novelist, and translator; his plays include The Two of Us (1970), Noises Off (1982), Copenhagen (1998), and Democracy (2004); novels include A Landing on the Sun (1991) and Spies (2002)

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Prof Keith Frayn, emeritus professor of human metabolism at the University of Oxford, said intermittent fasting had been widely promoted as a means of achieving weight loss - often on the basis of claims it had "special effects on metabolism".

From BBC

Prof Keith Frayn, author of A Calorie is a Calorie, agrees many overweight people would probably not have been so, 40 years ago.

From BBC

He really got the message when the venue revived Michael Frayn's 1982 farce Noises Off in 2014 – and he had to plead with a group of 10 women to stay for the second half.

From BBC

As modern farces go, Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off” is not only one of the funniest but may also be the most elegantly conceived.

From Los Angeles Times

With the precision of a geometric proof, Frayn built his farce on the back of another.

From Los Angeles Times

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