Every four or five years Britain's most prominent dramatist pulls
out all the stops and writes a major stage play of his own. Between
plays, Stoppard the craftsman does translations, screenplays, light
entertainments, and work for hire. Delaney's book is the first to
focus on the major plays. Spanning Stoppard's career from
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1967) to Hapgood (1988),
this study shows the figure which Stoppard from the first has been
weaving in his theatrical tapestry. That there is development in
Stoppard is clear but - as Delaney demonstrates - the development
is from moral affirmation to moral application, from the assertion
of moral principles to the enactment of moral practice. Such
development from precept to praxis demonstrates organic growth
rather than radical metamorphosis. Using Stoppard's words in a
number of little-known interviews as a starting-point, Delaney
shows how the major plays bear out Stoppard's contention that he
'tries to be consistent about morality'. The volume contains the
most extensive bibliography and discography of Stoppard interviews
(over 200 including print and broadcast sources) ever compiled.
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