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Stoppard the Playwright
NY/London, Methuen (1987) 1st thus. Small "dig" at front and back covers, page edges lightly tanned, bit of shelfwear, else fine, UNREAD trade paperback. Clean, tight and straight. B239
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First published January 1, 1987
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September 23, 2019
When I picked this book up, I thought it was a biography; actually, it's analyses of all of his plays up through Dalliance in chronological order. The author is a theater critic and these are essentially long reviews. They are interesting in that they discuss the relationships between the plays, and of course discuss the ones I haven't read or seen (including his novel, Lord Malquist and Mr. Moon); the author also takes the ideas seriously enough to argue with them. The book ends with the hesitant hope that Stoppard would write more at a time when British drama was apparently past its peak; actually his best plays (such as Arcadia) were yet to be written.
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