{"product_id":"stoppards-theatre-john-fleming-9780292725522","title":"Stoppard's Theatre: Finding Order Amid Chaos","description":"\u003cp\u003e With a thirty-year run of award-winning, critically acclaimed, and commercially successful plays, from \u003ci\u003eRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (1967) to \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Love\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), Tom Stoppard is arguably the preeminent playwright in Britain today. His popularity also extends to the United States, where his plays have won three Tony awards and his screenplay for \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in Love\u003c\/i\u003e won the 1998 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e John Fleming offers the first book-length assessment of Stoppard's work in nearly a decade. He takes an in-depth look at the three newest plays (\u003ci\u003eArcadia, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndian Ink, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Love)\u003c\/i\u003e and the recently revised versions of \u003ci\u003eTravesties\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHapgood\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as at four other major plays (\u003ci\u003eRosencrantz, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eJumpers, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNight and Day, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Real Thing)\u003c\/i\u003e. Drawing on Stoppard's personal papers at the University of Texas Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRHRC), Fleming also examines Stoppard's previously unknown play \u003ci\u003eGalileo, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as numerous unpublished scripts and variant texts of his published plays. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fleming also mines Stoppard's papers for a fuller, more detailed overview of the evolution of his plays. By considering Stoppard's personal views (from both his correspondence and interviews) and by examining his career from his earliest scripts and productions through his most recent, this book provides all that is essential for understanding and appreciating one of the most complex and distinctive playwrights of our time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Fleming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292725523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292725522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"John Fleming","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44190545608959,"sku":"9780292725522","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d2550b6-0682-4f43-81a0-ee271ffde297.jpg?v=1690871114","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stoppards-theatre-john-fleming-9780292725522","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}