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H-W performs comedic play “Noises Off”
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Hewlett High School’s Theater Company performed “Noises Off” by Michael Frayn on Feb. 5, 6 and 7 in the little theater. According to Wikipedia. com, Frayn conceived the idea in 1970 while watching from the wings a performance of “The Two of
Us”, a farce that he had written for Lynn Redgrave. He said, “It was funnier from behind than in front, and I thought that one day I must write a farce from behind. The prototype, a shortlived one-act play called “Exits”, was written and performed in
1977. At the request of his associate, Michael Codron, Frayn expanded this into what would become “Noises Off”.
It takes its title from the theatrical stage direction indicating sounds coming from offstage. — Melissa Berman