num_pages: 360
description: 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
language: English
title: Plays 1: Butley / Otherwise Engaged / The Rear Column / Quartermaine's Terms / The Common Pursuit
titlecomplete: Plays 1: Butley / Otherwise Engaged / The Rear Column / Quartermaine's Terms / The Common Pursuit
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Methuen