Editing Noises Off (section)

==Reception==

''Noises Off'' has been described as "the funniest farce ever written",<ref name="Oldie">{{cite news |last1=Johns |first1=Lindsay |title=Michael Frayn's sublime farce is 40 years old. Lindsay Johns celebrates its genius |url=https://www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/noises-off-forty-years-on-what-a-play-says-lindsay-johns |access-date=21 May 2023 |work=The Oldie |date=14 February 2022}}</ref> and "the classic farce".<ref name="Guardian Billington">{{cite news |last1=Billington |first1=Michael |title=Noises Off: the farce masterclass that is truly revealing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/sep/08/noises-off-the-farce-masterclass-michael-frayn-comedy |access-date=21 May 2023 |work=The Guardian|location=London |date=8 September 2022}}</ref> It has been highly influential, possibly inspiring ''[[The Play That Goes Wrong]]'' series.<ref name="Guardian Thorpe">{{cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |title='It's my Mousetrap': Michael Frayn on Noises Off, a farce to be reckoned with |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/08/its-my-mousetrap-michael-frayn-on-noises-off-a-farce-to-be-reckoned-with |access-date=21 May 2023 |work=The Observer |date=8 January 2023}}</ref>

''The Guardian'' and [[Chris Addison]] have praised its structure.<ref name="Addison">{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 – Chain Reaction, Series 8, Rebecca Front interviews Chris Addison |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l8rbv |publisher=BBC |access-date=22 May 2023 |location=7:34 |quote=structurally the most perfect piece of comedy writing I have encountered}}</ref><ref name="Guardian Gillinson">{{cite news |last1=Gillinson |first1=Miriam |title=Noises Off review – Frayn's exquisite farce-within-a-farce finds new humanity |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/sep/29/noises-off-review-frayns-exquisite-farce-within-a-farce-finds-new-humanity |access-date=22 May 2023 |work=The Guardian|location=London |date=29 September 2022}}</ref>