Tom Stoppard Plays 4: Dalliance; Undiscovered Country; Rough Crossing; on the Razzle; the Seagull
Author(s): Tom Stoppard
"Dalliance""Undiscovered Country""Rough Crossing""On the Razzle""The Seagull" This fourth volume of Tom Stoppard's work for the stage brings together five of his most celebrated translations and adaptations of plays by Arthur Schnitzler ("Dalliance" and "Undiscovered Country"), Ferenc Molnar ("Rough Crossing," a classic farce set aboard an ocean liner), Johann Nestroy ("On the Razzle," a mad chase through Vienna), and Anton Chekhov ("The Seagull," the classic Russian country tale). According to "The Times" of London, "Adaptation in Stoppard's terms means finding a sympathetic text and using it as a springboard for invention that leaves the original far behind." In adapting these plays--some classics, some nearly forgotten--for the modern stage, Tom Stoppard has added his own unique elements of dazzling wit and verbal brilliance, hilarious parody and cutting satire, to create works that stand as exceptional works of theater that do not belong to any one age.
General Information
- :
- : Faber & Faber
- : Faber & Faber Plays
- : 0.375
- : 31 January 1999
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Tom Stoppard
- : Paperback
- : 822.914
- : 480
More About The Product
Tom Stoppard Plays 4 includes his celebrated translations of Dalliance and Undiscovered Country (Arthur Schnitzler), Rough Crossing (Ferenc Molnar), On the Razzle (Johann Nestroy) and The Seagull (Anton Chekhov).
Tom Stoppard's work includes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, Jumpers, Travesties, Night and Day, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, After Magritte, Dirty Linen, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Arcadia, Indian Ink, The Invention of Love, the trilogy The Coast of Utopia and Rock 'n' Roll. His radio plays include If You're Glad I'll Be Frank, Albert's Bridge, Where Are They Now?, Artist Descending a Staircase, The Dog It Was That Died, In the Native State and Darkside (incorporating Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon). Television work includes Professional Foul, Squaring the Circle and Parade's End. His film credits include Empire of the Sun, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, which he also directed, Shakespeare in Love, Enigma and Anna Karenina.
