Tom Stoppard: Tom Stoppard Plays 1 [1996] paperback CGIFT a poem pervaded with a

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Kruger critically evaluates internationally known theatre makers

Tom Stoppard: Tom Stoppard Plays 1 [1996] paperback CGIFT a poem pervaded with aThe plays in this collection reveal in combination the 'frivolous' and 'serious' aspects of Tom Stoppard's talent: his sense of fun, his sense of theatre, his sense of the absurd, and his gifts for parody and satire. The author rounds off his brief introduction, giving the genesis of each piece, with the comment: 'The role of the theatre is much debated (by almost nobody, of course), but the thing defines itself in practice first and foremost as a