![]() When you said “cycle up” I assumed that was the latest technological term for connecting your tape recorder to the telephone. MK ( Mounting panic-the interview hadn’t even started and already we were failing to communicate .) But if I ring you back in 35 minutes, I won’t have time to get to your office by 5:00 PM. ![]() ![]() MK Er, no-I thought I’d cycle up the road and we’d do it at 5:00 PM I feel a lurch in the pit of my abdomen whenever they send me an e-mail. Do you realize how unfortunate that name is-BOMB-for those of us who work in the theater? Frayn, I’m phoning to confirm that I’ll be interviewing you for BOMB Magazine at 5:00 PM today. But the first stage of my encounter with Michael Frayn was not encouraging. And I was pleased that my interviewee was the prolific Michael Frayn, the author of nine clever novels (including Headlong 1999, shortlisted for the Booker Prize), 13 engaging plays (ranging from the superlative farce, Noises Off to the intriguing Copenhagen), as well as some exceptional Chekhov translations. ![]() ![]() I had never interviewed anyone before and was pleased that my first was for BOMB, with its emphasis on lively dialogue, free from either skeptical contempt or shameless fawning. ![]()
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