by Tom Stoppard · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571135950
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«Rough Crossing» is Tom Stoppard's stage comedy, adapted from Ferenc Molnár's «Play at the Castle» (Faber & Faber, paperback, 76 pages, in English).
On an ocean liner bound for New York, two playwrights try to finish a musical comedy destined for Broadway while the cast rehearses it on board. The voyage fills with verbal misunderstandings, eccentric characters and maritime dangers, in a farce that displays Stoppard's characteristic verbal wit.
This edition, subtitled «Freely adapted from Ferenc Molnár's Play at the Castle», is the first edition of 1985.
Will interest theatre readers and followers of Stoppard's verbal wit, as well as those seeking adaptations of classic farces.
Sir Tom Stoppard was a British playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covered the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical bases of society. Stoppard, a playwright of the Royal National Theatre, was one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation and was critically compared with William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. He was knighted for his contribution to theatre in 1997 and awarded the Order of Merit in 2000.
