Murder, marriage and metaphysicsthe three elements that link the bizarre series of events in Tom Stoppard’s high-spirited comedy, Jumpers. The protagonists include George Moore, an aging professor of moral philosophy whose quest to compose a lecture on ‘ManGood, Bad or Indifferent’ is put on hold while he ponders the existence of his sock; his youthful wife Dotty, a former musical star on a downward spiral whose charm may explain the corpse in the next room; George’s specially trained hare, Thumper; and a chorus of poorly-trained gymnasts whose exploits set the stage for this topsy-turvy world.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Tom Stoppard is the author of such seminal works as
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,
Jumpers,
The Real Thing,
Arcadia,
The Invention of Love,
Travesties, and the trilogy
The Coast of Utopia. His screen credits include
Parade’s End,
Shakespeare in Love,
Enigma,
Empire of the Sun, and
Anna Karenina.
Zusammenfassung
“Jumpers is simply dazzling. It takes your breath away with its sheer exuberance of literacy, its cascade of words and conspicuous display of intellect. It is also extraordinarily funny. Jumpers is one of the wittiest and most stimulating plays of the last decade or so.”—Clive Barnes, New York Times
Murder, marriage, and metaphysics
link the bizarre series of events in this high-spirited comedy, winner of the Evening
Standard’s Best Play Award. George Moore is an aging professor of moral
philosophy whose quest to compose a lecture on “Man—Good, Bad, or Indifferent?”
is put on hold while he ponders the existence of his sock. He is joined by his
youthful wife, Dotty, a former musical star on a downward spiral whose charm
may explain the corpse in the next room; George’s specially trained hare,
Thumper; and a chorus of poorly trained gymnasts whose exploits set the stage
for this topsy-turvy world.
