Rock ‘n’ Roll
PLAYS
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead *
Enter a Free Man *
The Real Inspector Hound *
After Magritte *
Jumpers *
Travesties *
Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land *
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour *
Night and Day
Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth *
Undiscovered Country
(adapted from Arthur Schnitzler’s Das weite Land)
On the Razzle
(adapted from Johann Nestroy’s Einen Jux will er sich machen)
The Real Thing
Rough Crossing
(adapted from Ferenc Molnár’s Play at the Castle)
Dalliance
(adapted from Arthur Schnitzler’s Liebelei)
Hapgood
Arcadia
Indian Ink
(an adaptation of In the Native State)
The Invention of Love *
Voyage: The Coast of Utopia Part I *
Shipwreck: The Coast of Utopia Part II *
Salvage: The Coast of Utopia Part III *
Rock ‘n’ Roll *
TELEVISION SCRIPTS
A Separate Peace
Teeth
Another Moon Called Earth
Neutral Ground
Professional Foul
Squaring the Circle
RADIO PLAYS
The Dissolution of Dominic Boot
“M” Is for Moon Among Other Things
If You’re Glad, I’ll Be Frank
Albert’s Bridge
Where Are They Now?
Artist Descending a Staircase
The Dog It Was That Died
In the Native State
SCREENPLAYS
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Shakespeare in Love (with Marc Norman)
FICTION
Lord Malquist & Mr. Moon*
* Available from Grove Press
Rock ‘n’ Roll
TOM STOPPARD
Copyright © 2006 by Tom Stoppard
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For Václav Havel
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
My first debt is to Václav Havel, whose essays, commentaries and letters from 1965 to 1990 and beyond were not just indispensable to the play but a continual inspiration in the writing. I am indebted, too, to Paul Wilson and Jaroslav Riedel for many helpful conversations about the Plastic People of the Universe and the Rock ‘n’ Roll scene in Czechoslovakia. My thanks are due to David Gilmour, Tim Willis, Martin Deeson, Trevor Griffiths, Eric Hobsbawm, David West, Peter Jones and many others who allowed me to bother them with my questions.
T.S.
INTRODUCTION
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