Tom Stoppard: Plays 2 The Dissolution of Dominic Boot, 'M' is for Moon Among Other Things, 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, In the Native State

by Stoppard, Tom

• ISBN13: 9780571190089
• ISBN10: 0571190081
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-02-06
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Summary

This second collection of work by Tom Stoppard contains his radio plays, written between 1964 and 1991. These plays reflect the full range of Stoppard's gifts as well as his craftsmanship and versatility. His work for radio complements (and sometimes prefigures) his work for the stage. Included in this volume is In the Native State, which became the stage play Indian Ink (included in Tom Stoppard Plays 5). Also in this volume are The Dissolution of Dominic Boot, 'M' is for Moon Among Other Things, If You're Glad I'll Be Frank, Albert's Bridge, Where Are They Now?, Artist Descending a Staircase and The Dog It Was That Died. The collection is introduced by the author.

Author Biography

Tom Stoppard's other work includes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tony Award), Jumpers, Travesties (Tony Award), Night and Day, After Margritte, The Real Thing (Tony Award), Enter a Free Man, Hapgood, Arcadia (Evening Standard Award, The Oliver Award and the Critics Award) and Indian Ink (a stage adaptation of his own play, In the Native State). His work for television includes Professional Foul (Bafta Award, Broadcasting Press Guild Award). His film credits include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead which he also directed (winner of the Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival).

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
The Dissolution of Dominic Boot	1	(12)
`M' is for Moon Among Other Things	13	(10)
If You're Glad I'll be Frank	23	(28)
Albert's Bridge	51	(36)
Where Are They Now?	87	(22)
Artist Descending a Staircase	109	(48)
The Dog It Was That Died	157	(38)
In the Native State	195