The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays

"Culled from nearly twenty years of the playwright's career, The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays is a showcase for Tom Stoppard's dazzling range and virtuosic talent, and essential reading for fans of modern drama. The plays in this collection reveal Stoppard's sense of fun, his sense of theater, his sense of the absurd, and his gifts for parody and satire." --

About the author

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.

Summary

“Stoppard is the master comedian of
ideas in the English language.”—Newsweek

Culled from nearly twenty years of the playwright’s career, The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays is a showcase for Tom Stoppard’s dazzling
range and virtuosic talent, and essential reading for fans of modern drama. The
plays in this collection reveal Stoppard’s sense of fun, his sense of theater,
his sense of the absurd, and his gifts for parody and satire. 

Product details

• Authors: Tom Stoppard, Tom Stoppard
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.12.2023
• EAN: 9780802160805
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-6080-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Tom Stoppard
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; England, Satirical fiction & parodies, c 1990 to c 1999, Plays, Playscripts, Relating to specific and significant cultural interests, CULTURAL HERITAGE / British, playwright;modern drama;absurd;fun;satire;parody, playwright; modern drama; absurd; fun; satire; parody