Tom Stoppard presents two works which explore in contrasting ways the workings of Viennese society in the 1890s, setting the upper-class stylized codes of behavior against their effects in practice on human relationships.
Dalliance was first performed at the National Theatre in 1986.
Undiscovered Country was first produced at the National Theatre in 1979.
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About the Author:
Tom Stoppard, an English playwright, novelist and srceenwriter, was born in Zlínin 1937, Czechoslovakia. His works for the threatre include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead; The Real Thing; Arcadia; Hapgood; and The Invention of Love.
Review:
Dalliance
"It is easy to see where Tom Stoppard's nimble with has sewn sequins on the already glittering fabric of the original. . .this is one of the most enjoyable plays in London." --Francis King, Sunday Telegraph
Undiscovered Country
"It's a marvellous play because it pinpoints decadence with wit and irony (and Stoppard's version if full of verbal felicity) and because it creates a hero who is vain, absurd and yet palpably tormented." --John Barber, Daily Telegraph
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0571147399
- ISBN 13 9780571147397
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages147
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