Butley
By: Simon Gray
Contributors: Gray, Simon, 1936-2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Gay men; Drama; College teachers
Description: Despite is basically defeatist and hurtful approach as an unsuccessful British professor attempts to cope with divorce, homosexuality and academia, 'Butley' contrives to be very funny. The stark, unsentimental approach to the homosexual relationship, the cynical send-up of academic life, the sceptical view of the teacher-pupil associations are all stunningly illuminated by continuous explosions of sardonic, needling, feline, vituperative and civilised lines. 'Butley' was first produced in Oxford in 1971.
Notes: Previously issued in print: in Plays one. London: Faber, 2010.