Jumpers
by Tom Stoppard

Name: Jumpers
Brand: Tom Stoppard
SKU: 9780571145690
Rating: 3.66 (1257 reviews)

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British Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about this Tom Stoppard play, with many praising its clever wordplay and philosophical insights. While some find it to be a brilliant exploration of moral dilemmas and absurdity, others struggle with its complexity and occasional incoherence. The consensus leans towards the idea that it would be better appreciated in a live performance setting.

Witty and absurd dialogueBrilliant philosophical insightsHilariously funnyThought-provokingMay be too complex to understandDated feel in some parts

Synopsis

The Incredible Radical Liberal Jumpers are a team of acrobatic professors of philosophy, whose absurd gymnastic displays reflect a bewildering world where logic has confounded belief in moral absolutes.

In this dark, exuberant comedy, Stoppard brilliantly parodies the philosophy lecture, the detective thriller, the comedy of manners and the Whitehall farce, to follow a philosopher's doomed flight to prove the existence of God in the face of an indifferent universe

This is the definitive text of Tom Stoppard's celebrated comedy.'A dazzling, hilarious and honestly benevolent work, which creates a dramatic structure from a forbidding diversity of materials.' The Times