28%OFF
Jumpers
Tom Stoppard
€ 15.99
€ 11.57
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Jumpers
Paperback. One of a series of titles first published by Faber between 1930 and 1990, and in a style and format planned with a view to the appearance of the volumes on the bookshelf. In this play, Stoppard parodies the philosophy lecturer, the detective thriller, the comedy of manners and the Whitehall farce. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
The Incredible Radical Liberal Jumpers are a team of acrobatic professors of philosophy, whose absurd gymnastic displays reflect a bewildering world where logic has confounded belief in moral absolutes. In this dark, exuberant comedy, Stoppard brilliantly parodies the philosophy lecture, the detective thriller, the comedy of manners and the Whitehall farce, to follow a philosopher's doomed flight to prove the existence of God in the face of an indifferent universe.
This is the definitive text of Tom Stoppard's celebrated comedy.
'A dazzling, hilarious and honestly benevolent work, which creates a dramatic structure from a forbidding diversity of materials.' ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571145690
SKU
V9780571145690
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-22
About Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard's work includes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, Jumpers, Travesties, Night and Day, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, After Magritte, Dirty Linen, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Arcadia, Indian Ink, The Invention of Love, the trilogy The Coast of Utopia, Rock 'n' Roll, The Hard Problem and Leopoldstadt. His radio plays include If You're Glad I'll ... Read more
Reviews for Jumpers