Artist Descending a Staircase & Where Are They Now? Two Plays For Radio
by STOPPARD, Tom
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0571103936
- ISBN 13
- 9780571103935
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. 79 p. 21 cm. Grey cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Front flap price-clipped. Slight discolouration to top edge of book.
Two great, witty radio plays by British screenwriter and playwright Sir Tom Stoppard. Artist Descending a Staircase was first broadcast by the BBC in 1972 and later adapted for live theatre. The play centers on a murder mystery involving an artist who dies from falling down a set of stairs, but is also a a humorous exploration of the meaning and purpose of art. The second, Where Are They Now? was originally written for BBC Schools Radio, and is set at an 'old boys' reunion dinner.
Two great, witty radio plays by British screenwriter and playwright Sir Tom Stoppard. Artist Descending a Staircase was first broadcast by the BBC in 1972 and later adapted for live theatre. The play centers on a murder mystery involving an artist who dies from falling down a set of stairs, but is also a a humorous exploration of the meaning and purpose of art. The second, Where Are They Now? was originally written for BBC Schools Radio, and is set at an 'old boys' reunion dinner.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130054
- Title
- Artist Descending a Staircase & Where Are They Now? Two Plays For Radio
- Author
- STOPPARD, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571103936
- ISBN 13
- 9780571103935
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Theatre, Radio plays, Murder mysteries, BBC
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre;
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