Rough Crossing and On The Razzle - Softcover

Stoppard, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571164013 ISBN 13: 9780571164011

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 1991

Synopsis

Based on a classic farce by Molnar, "Rough Crossing" takes place aboard ship as two playwrights struggle to finish a musical comedy and rehearse it before docking in New York. In "On the Razzle", two shop assistants live it up while dodging their employer in the restuarants and night-spots of Nestroy's 19th century Vienna. Both of these plays were originally produced by the National Theatre.

About this title

Review:

"Adaptation in Stoppard's terms means finding a sympathetic text and using it as a springboard for invention that leaves the original far behind."--Irving Wardle's description of the first production of "Rough Crossing "also applies to "On the Razzle,"

About the Author:

Tom Stoppard's work includes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, Jumpers, Travesties, Night and Day, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, After Magritte, Dirty Linen, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Arcadia, Indian Ink, The Invention of Love, the trilogy The Coast of Utopia and Rock 'n' Roll. His radio plays include If You're Glad I'll Be Frank, Albert's Bridge, Where Are They Now?, Artist Descending a Staircase, The Dog It Was That Died and In the Native State. Television work includes Professional Foul, Squaring the Circle and Parade's End. His film credits include Empire of the Sun, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, which he also directed, Shakespeare in Love, Enigma and Anna Karenina.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0571164013
• ISBN 13: 9780571164011
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180