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THE GRIEF GAME.
Rueful is perhaps the best way to describe the British writer Simon Gray's rankling wit, which he has purveyed, over the decades, first from the West End stage and, most recently, from a series of hilarious, superbly written diaries. Gray is a sort of dandy of disappointments; for him, the light at the end of the tunnel is always an oncoming train. Listen to him meditate on the accusation that he brownnosed his way to the top, in his 2004 volume "The Smoking Diaries": "If only . . . I hadn't drunk so very much through my late forties, throughout my fifties, I might have--well, what? At least have got my plays returned more speedily by Trevor Nunn, for instance, possibly ...
- The denial of the feminine: Shakespeare's lost daughters in Simon Gray's...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Evolutionary Psychology Ardolino, Frank August 1, 2004 700+ words
...a lecturer at Queen Mary College. In Butley, Gray draws upon this experience to depict the...1) the picture serves to underscore Butley's failed aspirations as an author. Gray also depicts Butley as an academic composite of Richard III...
- Butley.(Theater review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Rooney, David October 26, 2006 700+ words
...Shaft Dana Ivey Anne Butley Pamela Gray Reg Nuttall Darren...sting nor the wit of "Butley." The best known of Simon Gray's plays set in the...much as we cringe at Butley's laceration of...destruction that gives Gray's play its abrasive...
- `Butley' Gets an A For Effort
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times March 30, 1994 700+ words
"Butley" 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday...Center Theater Ensemble's comedy "Butley," Simon Gray's story of an English professor whose...family, friends and co-workers. Ben Butley (played masterfully by Dan LaMorte...
- Lack of passion spells bad news for `Butley'.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Byrne, Terry October 31, 2003 700+ words
...in films, takes on Simon Gray's complex character in "Butley" (now at the Huntington...sympathy or understanding for Butley. Caption: FATAL ATTRACTION: Nathan Lane as Ben Butley and Pamela J. Gray as his estranged wife, Anne...
- PEM brings it all back home; `Butley' star brightens gala.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Bisbee, Dana December 1, 2003 700+ words
...year. The show ended yesterday. BUTLEY DID IT: Two-time Tony Award...concluded his run in the play "Butley" by Simon Gray at the Huntington Theatre Company...Boston, who co-sponsored the "Butley" run. Some 50 major donors and...
- Nathan Lane heads to Hub as `Butley'.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Byrne, Terry June 17, 2003 700+ words
...Theatre Company's production of "Butley" next year. Lane, who originated...Jan. 2-Feb. 4, 2004. Simon Gray's Butley is a brilliant literature prof with...tongue. The action takes place in Butley's office one day when his personal...
- HEAD OF THE CLASS.(Julian Ovenden in Butley)
- Magazine article from: WWD Lawrence, Vanessa October 23, 2006 700+ words
...while making his Broadway debut in "Butley," opening Wednesday at the Booth...little help from playwright Simon Gray, as "Butley" is a thoroughly English play...Lane assumes center stage, as Ben Butley, a cynical, cantankerous literature...
- Nathan Lane gets serious; Comedic actor plays bitter, caustic man in...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Nesti, Robert October 17, 2003 700+ words
...Boston, rehearsing "Butley," a quirky Simon Gray play opening at the Huntington...The play follows Ben Butley, a professor of literature...starred off-Broadway in Gray's "The Common Pursuit...would make a perfect Butley. "But he'd always...