A8

Tom Stoppard – The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

A8 a. UK Edition

1. Acting Edition

Samuel French. Published 2nd June 1978.

  1. Paperback. Title, [i], 16 pages numbered 1-16. Pages 183mm x 120mm. Front: white with text in blue ‘The Fifteen Minute | Hamlet | A play by | Tom Stoppard | (logo)’. ISBN 0-573-02506-1.
  2. Paperback. Title, [i], 12 pages numbered 5-16. Pages 185mm x 120mm. Front: white with a repeated pattern in magenta and in the top right ‘Tom Stoppard’; at the bottom ‘THE FIFTEEN MINUTE HAMLET’. The fewer pages are due to use of a smaller font.

Note 1: both of the above are in the MW collection. It is impossible to determine which is the earliest edition or if either are the first edition. However, b) has the appearance of being older.

See photos below.