by Tom Stoppard · Faber and Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571216635
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«Shipwreck: The Coast of Utopia Part 2» is a play by Tom Stoppard, published by Faber and Faber in paperback (118 pages, in English).
The play follows Alexander Herzen and a circle of Russian intellectuals in exile, debating revolution, freedom and utopia. Stoppard interweaves their political convictions with their personal lives and shows how ideals clash with the historical reality of mid-nineteenth-century Europe.
Second part of the trilogy The Coast of Utopia, published in 2002 by Faber and Faber in its Plays series.
For readers of contemporary British drama, historical and intellectual, and for those following Stoppard's trilogy.
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.
