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Tom Stoppardâs Plays
Patterns of Plenitude and Parsimony
Series: - Costerus New Series Online, Volume: 217
- Costerus New Series, Volume: 217
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In Tom Stoppardâs Plays: Patterns of Plenitude and Parsimony Nigel Purse assesses the complete canon of Tom Stoppardâs works on a thematic basis. He explains that, amongst the plenitude of chaotic comedy, wordplay and intellectual ping-pong of Stoppardâs plays, the principle of parsimony that is Occamâs razor lies at the heart of his works. He identifies key patterns in theme â ethics and duality - and method â Stoppardâs stage debates and his dramatic vehicles - as well as in theatrical devices.
Quoting extensively from all Stoppardâs published works, many of his interviews and also unpublished material Nigel Purse arrives at a comprehensive and unique appraisal of Stoppardâs plays.
Quoting extensively from all Stoppardâs published works, many of his interviews and also unpublished material Nigel Purse arrives at a comprehensive and unique appraisal of Stoppardâs plays.
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.
âIn a nutshell, Nigel Purse has succeeded in his study Tom Stoppardâs Plays: Patterns of Plenitude and Parsimony by application of Occamâs razor â which he identifies as the foundation of Stoppardâs work itself â to identify the central leitmotifs that make up the playwrightâs 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.â - Holger Südkamp, Neuss, in: Symbolism Vol. 17 (2017)
FOREWORD
PROLOGUE
OCCAMâS RAZOR
THE STOPPARDIAN STAGE DEBATE
THE VEHICLE VERSUS THE IDEA
ETHICS
DUALISMâILLUSION AND REALITY
STOPPARDâS THEATRICALITY
STOPPARDâS TIME SHIFTS
CODA
APPENDICES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX
PROLOGUE
OCCAMâS RAZOR
THE STOPPARDIAN STAGE DEBATE
THE VEHICLE VERSUS THE IDEA
ETHICS
DUALISMâILLUSION AND REALITY
STOPPARDâS THEATRICALITY
STOPPARDâS TIME SHIFTS
CODA
APPENDICES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX
All interested in theatre, drama, literature and Tom Stoppardâs works, any theatre goer and students and teachers in schools, universities and drama schools.