Dr. Ilham EL MAJDOUBI

UH2C, FLSHM, Morocco

DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v7-i08-31

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ABSTRACT

This article examines two masterpieces by the British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard: the two-act play The Real Thing and the screenplay Shakespeare in Love. These works employ the author-as-character technique in disparate ways. This study will endeavor to demonstrate how the playwright interweaves artistic and realist elements, as well as the ways in which his intricate techniques of synthesis impact the written page and the theatrical stage.

KEYWORDS:

Tom Stoppard, author as character, love, art, reality, authenticity

REFERENCES
1) DEMASTES, William W. “Portrait of an Artist as Proto-Chaotician. Tom Stoppard Working his Way to Arcadia,” Narrative, Vol.19, No 2 (May 2011): 229-240.

2) KELLY, Katherine E., editor. The Cambridge Companion to Tom Stoppard, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

3) NADEL, Ira Bruce. Tom Stoppard: A Life. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2002.

4) NORMAN, Marc, STOPPARD, Tom. Shakespeare in Love: A Screenplay, 1st Edition, New York: Miramax Books, 1998.

5) STOPPARD, Tom. The Real Thing, London & Boston: Faber and Faber, 1983.

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