The Real Inspector Hound and Other PlaysEncompassing work from nearly twenty years of Stoppard's career, this new collection showcases the playwright's dazzling range and virtuosic talent. The Real Inspector Hound is the ultimate country-house whodunit; After Magritte attempts to explain the inexplicable; NewFound-Land chronicles an American's attempt to become a British citizen; Dirty Linen is a daring political farce; and Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth wickedly subverts Shakespeare. With a preface by the author that offers a chronology of the plays and an insight into their making, The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays will be essential for all fans of modern drama. |
Contents
Preface | |
The Real Inspector Hound | 1 |
After Magritte | 45 |
Dirty Linen | 73 |
NewFoundLand | 117 |
Dirty Linen concluded | 131 |
Doggs Hamlet Cahoots Macbeth | 139 |
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ABEL ARTHUR audience BAKER and CHARLIE BANQUO BERNARD Big Ben BIRDBOOT blocks bulb CAHOOT Cahoot's Macbeth Cawdor Chairman CHAMBERLAIN Claridges CLAUDIUS COCKLEBURY-SMYTHE Coq d'Or Crockford's Crown hinges Cube CYNTHIA dead Dirty Linen DOGG Dogg's door DRUDGE EASY EBURY Exit FELICITY FOOT football FRENCH goes Golden Gymshoes hand HARRIS hear Higgs HOLMES HOME SECRETARY HOSTESS Inspector Hound King knickers LADY MACBETH Lady Muldoon LAERTES Leamington Spa leaves looks lord lorry MACDUFF MADDIE MADDIE's MAGNUS MALCOLM MCTEAZLE microphone Miss Gotobed MOON MOTHER MURDERER night off-stage OPHELIA Paragraph Pause picks Plank play police POLONIUS Puckeridge radio Real Inspector Hound ROSS Select Committee shouts Simon Gascoyne sits Slab sorry speak stand takes tell Thank Theatre thee THELMA there's thou TOM STOPPARD tonight tortoise tuba turns wall West Bromwich Albion What's window WITCH WITHENSHAW