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Tom Stoppard’s Plays
Patterns of Plenitude and Parsimony
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English
Published/Copyright:
2016
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In Tom Stoppard’s Plays: Patterns of Plenitude and Parsimony Nigel Purse assesses the complete canon of Tom Stoppard’s works on a thematic basis. He explains that, amongst the plenitude of chaotic comedy, wordplay and intellectual ping-pong of Stoppard’s plays, the principle of parsimony that is Occam’s razor lies at the heart of his works. He identifies key patterns in theme – ethics and duality - and method – Stoppard’s stage debates and his dramatic vehicles - as well as in theatrical devices.
Quoting extensively from all Stoppard’s published works, many of his interviews and also unpublished material Nigel Purse arrives at a comprehensive and unique appraisal of Stoppard’s plays.
Quoting extensively from all Stoppard’s published works, many of his interviews and also unpublished material Nigel Purse arrives at a comprehensive and unique appraisal of Stoppard’s plays.
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Nigel Purse has an MA in Modern History from St. Edmund Hall, Oxford and an MBA from Cass (formerly City) University. He has a wide and keen interest in theatre, the arts and history.
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“In a nutshell, Nigel Purse has succeeded in his study Tom Stoppard’s Plays: Patterns of Plenitude and Parsimony by application of Occam’s razor – which he identifies as the foundation of Stoppard’s work itself – to identify the central leitmotifs that make up the playwright’s truly entire canon. He does so in a most elaborate and comprehensive way not shying away from any archive or obscure publication of the artist.” - Holger Südkamp, Neuss, in: Symbolism Vol. 17 (2017)
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eBook published on:
November 1, 2016
eBook ISBN:
9789004319653
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Main content:
654
eBook ISBN:
9789004319653
Keywords for this book
modernist; Irish; playwright; plays; drama; theatre; Guildenstern; Real; Thing; Coast; Utopia; duality; illusion; Jumpers; Travesties; Occam; razor; Arcadia; Rosencrantz
Audience(s) for this book
All interested in theatre, drama, literature and Tom Stoppard’s works, any theatre goer and students and teachers in schools, universities and drama schools.
