Albert's bridge; and, If you're Glad I'll be Frank: Two plays for radio - Softcover

ALBERT'S BRIDGE & IF YOU'RE GLAD I'LL BE FRANK: Two Plays for Radio

Original Wraps. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket, as Issued. First Simultanous Paperback Edition. First impression of the simultaneous wrappers true first edition. ***Very good in colour printed thin paper French self-wrappers on top of thin card white covers. Wrapper slightly rubbed and marked. Edges of wrappers slightly rubbed. Tiny crease to top of front inner wrapper flap. Tiny crease to bottom corner of rear wrapper. ***Please note that at the bottom of the last page of the play text, there are a few neat small notes under the last line in blue fountain pen ink. No tears. Spine tight. ***200 mm x122 mm. 64 pages. ***'A characteristic of Tom Stoppard's talent is his capacity to exploit with wit and intelligence a brilliant central idea. These two radio plays, orignally broadcast on the Third Programme, bear this out. Albert's Bridge (which the Times described as 'almost a text-book example of what a radio play ought to be' and which won the 1968 Prix Italia) turns the Sisyphean task of never-ending bridge-painting imaginatively to account in an exhilarating original way; the starting point of If You're Glad I'll be Frank is a man recognizing the voice of the G.P.O. speaking clock as his long-lost wife. ***It was with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead that Tom Stoppard made his reputation: the skill, intelligence and humour of these plays amply demonstrate that his success was not a matter of chance.' (Quote from blurb on inner flap). ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Artikel-Nr. 6557

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