Frayn Michael Frayn 
Crimson Hotel and Audience 

In this absurdist comedy two lovers – a playwright and his leadactress – escape to a discreet and charming Parisian hotel, conjuredfrom a desert landscape. As the walls, door and crimson curtains of Room 322 materialise around them, a fumbling of fastenings ensues. Butthey soon discover they’re not the only couple intent on escaping fromreality. . .The Crimson Hotel has its world premiere at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, on 25 July 2007. The volume also features the one-act play, Audience, a delightful send-up which holds up a mirror to the outlandish behaviour and comedy inherent in every theatre audience.