The Real Inspector Hound
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.10 (828 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0571047270 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 48 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorTom Stoppard is a playwright. Among his many plays are "Arcadia" and "The Real Thing."
Tom Stoppard is a playwright. Among his many plays are "Arcadia" and "The Real Thing."
Book by Stoppard, Tom
Stoppard play Another addition to my play collection.. Dr Jacques COULARDEAU said A bouquet of allusions. Tom Stoppard loves multilayered writing and drama, creating comedy or even farce.This play is an allusion to An Inspector Calls. It uses travesties, double or triple identities like Shakespeare in his comedies. It is a direct descendant of Samuel Beckett's absurd drama. It is an allusion to Murder by Death. It is thus a parody of many models and even a parody of a parody.But it is also built with a mirror projecting the audience onto the stage, then projecting this projected audience into the play, and the actors into this pro. David Bonesteel said Fine existential humor. Tom Stoppard's convoluted farce plays with identity and the nature of reality. There is a play within a play--a marvelous send-up of drawing room mysteries--and a couple of drama critics who comment on the stage action in rather oblique ways that often make it seem that they may actually be speaking of their relations with the actors playing the characters. Then they enter the action of the play and everyone seems compelled to remain in character. I suppose one could read a lot into this, such as the nature of the roles we pla