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Chargement... The real Inspector Hound and other plays (original 1993; édition 1996)par Tom Stoppard
Information sur l'oeuvreTom Stoppard Plays 1: The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays par Tom Stoppard (1993)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This won't replace my favorites, but I enjoyed seeing Stoppard's early work and the evolution of his ideas. Unsurprisingly, Dogg's Hamlet and Cahoot's Macbeth were the highlights for me. ( ) A collection of short plays by a comedic genius. Stoppard messes with our mind by playing with our language, using words in ways they were never intended to be used, and placing characters in situations they were never intended to be in. Bizarre plot twists, plots in one play that run over into other plays and back again, plays that turn our expectations on their heads - this is absurdist theatre at its best. Some of these plays would no doubt be difficult to stage, because the non-sequitors would make it difficult for actors to learn their lines, but in the end, it would be very rewarding. I picked this up a little while ago in anticipation of my participation in The Real Inspector Hound in September. I was a bit disappointed with it, to tell you the truth, but the other plays in the collection were considerably better. This almost made up for it. The other plays included After Magritte, Dirty Linen, New-Found-Land, Dogg's Hamlet, and Cahoot's Macbeth. I particularly enjoyed Dirty Linen. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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The plays in this collection reveal in combination the 'frivolous' and 'serious' aspects of Tom Stoppard's talent: his sense of fun, his sense of theatre, his sense of the absurd, and his gifts for parody and satire. The author rounds off his brief introduction, giving the genesis of each piece, with the comment: 'The role of the theatre is much debated (by almost nobody, of course), but the thing defines itself in practice first and foremost as a recreation. This seems satisfactory'. Leading off is The Real Inspector Hound, the ultimate country-house whodunnit; Dirty Linen moves a Whitehall farce to Parliament Square; Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth subverts Shakespeare; and After Magritte explains the inexplicable. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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