Dog days
By: Simon Gray
Contributors: Gray, Simon, 1936-2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Description: Peter finds the idea of sitting at his desk in a publishing house considerably less attractive than attempting to seduce a free-lance cover designer while his wife is out teaching English to foreigners and shopping at Sainsbury. 'Dog Days' is about the sad and hilarious consequences of Peter's disenchantment with his job, his wife, his public schoolmaster brother and himself. The play is a companion piece to 'Otherwise Engaged' and has the same remarkable blend of wit and pathos, humour and despair. 'Dog Days' was first performed in October 1976 at the Oxford Playhouse.
Notes: Previously issued in print: in Plays two. London: Faber, 2010.