Tom Stoppard: Plays II

The Arts and Theatre Institute is issuing the second collection in the complete Czech edition of Tom Stoppard’s writings for theatre. The book contains texts written and staged before 1989, reflecting the playwright’s interest in the existential dimension of the divided world of the Cold War: Jumpers, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Night and Day and Hapgood. However, these works are not lacking in Stoppard’s sense of the absurd and wordplay, or the impressive levity with which he manages to introduce viewers to the most complex issues of the modern world; they also poke fun at 20th century art.