{"product_id":"tom-stoppard-plays-1-9780571177653","title":"Tom Stoppard Plays 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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''.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeading off is \u003cb\u003eThe Real Inspector Hound\u003c\/b\u003e, the ultimate country-house whodunnit; \u003cb\u003eDirty Linen\u003c\/b\u003e moves a Whitehall farce to Parliament Square; \u003cb\u003eDogg''s Hamlet, Cahoot''s Macbeth\u003c\/b\u003e subverts Shakespeare; and \u003cb\u003eAfter Magritte\u003c\/b\u003e explains the inexplicable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884174455127,"sku":"9780571177653","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780571177653.jpg?v=1722530779","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tom-stoppard-plays-1-9780571177653","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}