Download or read book Simon Gray: Plays 1 written by Simon Gray and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Butley 'What is so wondrous about a play so basically defeatist and hurtful is its ability to be funny. The stark, unsentimental approach to the homosexual relationship, the cynical send-up of academic life, the skeptical view of the teacher-pupil associations are all stunningly illuminated by continuous explosions of sardonic, needling, feline, vituperative and civilised lines.' Evening Standard