![]() His first piece for the theater was a sketch for the student revue for Footlights. He was educated at Kingston Grammar School and Cambridge, where he read French and Russian and philosophy, and began to write. She died when Frayn was twelve, and that early loss has left a deep scar that shows up in touches of bittersweet wistfulness, even in his most hilarious comedies. His father, who was deaf, worked as an asbestos salesman and his mother was a violinist, gave up a promising professional future to supplement the family income as a shop assistant. Frayn and his wife, the biographer and critic Claire Tomalin, have just bought a large house by the river near Richmond, where there is enough room for both to have offices at home.įrayn grew up in south London. Opposite the desk on a low shelf is a row of bronze statuettes, the prizes he has won for several of his plays-the Olivier, the Evening Standard, the Tony. It is sparsely furnished, with a huge desk, a couple of armchairs, and some bookshelves. ![]() His quiet study overlooks a communal park, an old canal that has been drained and planted with trees and shrubs. It is an apartment on a modern block, light and airy. ![]() Michael Frayn works in an office around the corner from his house in north London. Interviewed by Shusha Guppy Issue 168, Winter 2003 ![]()
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