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Norman Frederick Simpson (29 January 1919 – 27 August 2011) was an English playwright closely associated with the Theatre of the Absurd. To his friends he was known as Wally Simpson, in comic reference to the abdication crisis of 1936.
N.F. Simpson was an English playwright who achieved spectacular verbal effects by his cunning manipulation of phrasing and his use of outrageous double entendre and, especially, of non sequitur. Simpson was educated at the University of London, and during World War II he served in the Intelligence.
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N.F. Simpson was born on 29 January 1919 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Beryl Reid (1977), The Dick Emery Show (1963) and World in Ferment (1969). He was married to Joyce Bartlett. He died on 27 August 2011 in England, UK.
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- January 29, 1919
- N.F. Simpson
- August 27, 2011
Mar 11, 2007 · This is a plug for the BBC documentary, REALITY IS AN ILLUSION CAUSED BY LACK OF NF SIMPSON, broadcast on Radio 4, Thursday April 5th at 11.30. NF Simpson is an absurdist playwright, great...
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Play for Today - Thank You Very Much (1971) by N.F. Simpson & Claude Whatham. Raucous satire from NF Simpson, the famous absurdist author of One Way Pendulum et al. Featuring Ralph Bates,...
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N. F. Simpson: The understanding that an actor has for a play is not necessarily the same understanding that the audience has for it. He has to know how he, as a character in it, thinks and feels in relation to the other characters, and how the play works in a purely technical sense.
...N. F. Simpson, whose work includes One Way Pendulum, led the twentieth century British Absurdist movement. His first play, A Resounding Tinkle, was one of the winners in the Observer play competition in 1957.
