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Title: The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard ISBN: 0571125298 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: Simply superb
Comment: This play is very funny in places, very moving in places, very absorbing in places -- all of it in an apparently seamless whole of the high Stoppardian quality. How does the man do it? How does one write a dissertation on the art of writing using a cricket bat as a teaching aid? To quote another recent Stoppard's work: "It's a mystery!..."
Rating: 5
Summary: The usual Stoppard brilliance.
Comment: As what is considered a turning point in Stoppard's ability to write romance, The Real Thing includes the usual ingenius commentary on life and art this time woven through a love story. Thus, the play can be enjoyed for the usual Stoppardian elevated language and fascinating explanations of quality art as well as its touching yet clever romantic plot. Moreover, it is this plot that sets it apart from Stoppard's earlier work. The characters in The Real Thing make up complex relationships and display emotions that add another facet to Stoppard's masterful control of the language. Dialogue seemlessly drifts between discussions of language to discussions of life, all the while maintaining the level of quality for which Stoppard is famous. It is a wonderful play demonstrating wit, intelligence, cleverness, and overall entertainment in a variety of ways.
As Ros. and Guil. used Hamlet and Travesties used the Importance of Being Ernest, The Real Thing contains certain references to 'Tis Pity She's a Whore that make that Jacobean tragedy a helpful piece of background reading.
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Title: Arcadia by Tom Stoppard ISBN: 0571169341 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: January, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Travesties by Tom Stoppard ISBN: 0802150896 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: July, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Proof: A Play by David Auburn ISBN: 0571199976 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard, Henry Popkin ISBN: 0802132758 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: May, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Boy Gets Girl: A Play by Rebecca Gilman ISBN: 0571199836 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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