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Modern One-act Plays.

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Published December 1, 1993

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Tom Stoppard

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Sir Tom Stoppard was a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covers the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical thematics of society. Stoppard has been a playwright of the National Theatre and is one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation. He was knighted for his contribution to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997.

Born in Czechoslovakia, Stoppard left as a child refugee, fleeing imminent Nazi occupation. He settled with his family in Britain after the war, in 1946, having spent the previous three years (1943–1946) in a boarding school in Darjeeling in the Indian Himalayas. After being educated at schools in Nottingham and Yorkshire, Stoppard became a journalist, a drama critic and then, in 1960, a playwright.

Stoppard's most prominent plays include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966), Jumpers (1972), Travesties (1974), Night and Day (1978), The Real Thing (1982), Arcadia (1993), The Invention of Love (1997), The Coast of Utopia (2002), Rock 'n' Roll (2006) and Leopoldstadt (2020). He wrote the screenplays for Brazil (1985), Empire of the Sun (1987), The Russia House (1990), Billy Bathgate (1991), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Enigma (2001), and Anna Karenina (2012), as well as the HBO limited series Parade's End (2013). He directed the film Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), an adaptation of his own 1966 play, with Gary Oldman and Tim Roth as the leads.

He has received numerous awards and honours including an Academy Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, and five Tony Awards. In 2008, The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 11 in their list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture". It was announced in June 2019 that Stoppard had written a new play, Leopoldstadt, set in the Jewish community of early 20th-century Vienna. The play premiered in January 2020 at Wyndham's Theatre. The play went on to win the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and later the 2022 Tony Award for Best Play.

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April 20, 2017
Tom Stoppard - A Seperate Peace
Mr Brown beschließt, sich in ein Krankenhaus einzuweisen und es sich dort gemütlich zu machen. Da er privat zahlt, wird man ihn auch nicht wirklich los und er scheint sich wohler als in einem Hotel zu fühlen. Die Spannung in diesem Stück ist eigentlich nur, herauszufinden wer Mr. Brown ist und warum er im Krankenhaus leben will.

James Saunders - A Slight Accident
Ein fies-witziges Stück über die Englische Höflichkeit. Da reden lauter Leute sehr, serh Höflich miteinander und versuchen sich nicht verbal zu nahe zu treten, während in der Mitte des Raumes die Leiche eines Mannes, eingewickelt in einen Teppich, liegt.

Harold Pinter - A slight ache
What?! Das Stück beginnt recht harmlos. Ein Ehepaar beim Frühstück, dass sich wohl auseinandergelebt hat. Der Mann scheint ein Problem zu haben. Dann wechselt das Thema und es geht um einen Streichholzverkäufer, der wohl seit Monaten vor dem Grundstück Streichhölzer verkauft. Der Mann scheint Angst vor dem Händler zu haben. Sehr strange. Ein Stück zum ruminterpretieren.

Die drei Stücke sind eher nicht mehr Schulniveau. Eher was für Studenten, sowohl von der Länge her als auch wegen der Themen und der vielen Wortspiele. Selbst Abiturienten kommen da an ihr Limit und Erstemesterstudenten an ihre Grenzen, würde ich vermuten.
Die ersten beiden Stücke sind unterhaltsam zu lesen, das dritte jedoch, dass lässt mich sehr befremdet zurück. Is wohl auch sein Ziel, denke ich?
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