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The Real Inspector Hound
Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard
by Tom Stoppard
Highlights
Why we like it
"Tom Stoppard's witty and intellectually stimulating works are a masterclass in blending humor with profound philosophical inquiry."
From: Satirical PlaysSynopsis
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.
Publication
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year 1996
Binding Paperback
Pages 224
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780571177653
ISBN-10 0571177654
eISBN-13 9780571301188
LCC PR6069.T6 R423 1996
Tom Stoppard is a British play written by Tom Stoppard and published by Faber & Faber in London (1996).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play (eISBN 9780571301188).
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