The Fifteen Minute Hamlet by Tom Stoppard

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet by Tom Stoppard

Following his success with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, the author continues his association with Hamlet by taking the most well-known and best-loved lines from Shakespeare's play and condensing them into a hilarious version of the play lasting approximately thirteen minutes. The miraculous feat is followed by an encore which consists of a two-minute version of the play The vast multitude of characters is played by six actors with hectic doubling, and the action takes place at a shortened version of Elsinore Castle.

Tomás Straüssler was born in Zlin, Czechoslovakia, in 1937 and immigrated to England with his family in 1946. When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead premiered in London in 1967, he was instantly catapulted into the forefront of modern playwrights. He is the phenomenally celebrated author of The Real Inspector Hound, Enter a Free Man, Albert's Bridge, After Magritte, Travesties, Dirty Linen, Jumpers, New-Found-Land, Night and Day, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Artist et etc. He's also authored screenplays for films like The Romantic Englishwoman, Despair, and Brazil. He received the David Cohen Award for lifetime accomplishment in literature in 2017.

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ISBN 13	9780573025068
ISBN 10	0573025061
Title	The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Author	Tom Stoppard
Series	Acting Edition S
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Samuel French Ltd
Year published	1978-06-01
Number of pages	20
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.