| Description |
xii, 90 pages ; 20 cm |
| Note |
"First published in 1975 by Faber and Faber Limited; revised and reset in 2017."--T.p. verso. |
| Summary |
Zurich, 1917. As Europe is torn asunder by war, three of the twentieth century's great revolutionaries--James Joyce, the Dadaist Tristan Tzara, and Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin--have made the city their home. Travesties follows these three great men, and another lesserknown resident of Zurich at this time, a British consular offical called Henry Carr. Taking Carr as the core of his play, Stoppard spools this constellation of characters into a masterful and riotously funny play, a speculative portrait of what could have happened at a meeting of these influential men. With characteristic brio, Stoppard tells the story through the lurid, self-aggrandizing, and riveting memory of an aging Henry Carr, whose turn in the theater with James Joyce goes awry, leading to a lawsuit concerning a pair of trousers. Appearing in a new definitive edition with a preface by the author, Travesties is a historical tour de force by one of the world's most brilliant contemporary writers. |
| Subject |
Carr, Henry Wilfrid, 1894-1962 -- Drama.
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Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Drama.
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Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 -- Drama.
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Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963 -- Drama.
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Joyce, James, 1882-1941. (OCoLC)fst00035968
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Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924. (OCoLC)fst00055663
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Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963. (OCoLC)fst00043298
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| Genre/Form |
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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| ISBN |
9780802150899 |
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0802150896 |
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