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A10

Tom Stoppard – Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth

A10 a. UK Edition

1. First Edition Paperback

Inter-Action. Published 15^th June 1979. Paperback. Title, [i], 73 unnumbered pages, [i]. Pages 212mm x 143mm. Front: two theatrical masks, one with a Union Jack design and the other with a USA flag design; above in white on black ‘An Inter-Action Playscript | TOM STOPPARD’S | DOGG’S HAMLET | CAHOOT’S MACBETH’; below in black on white ‘WORLD | PREMIERE | PRODUCTION | TEXT’ and ‘NUMBERED | LIMITED | FIRST | EDITION’; and at the bottom in white on black ‘Inter-Action’s BARC | British American Repertory Company’. ISBN 0-904571-18-1. Price on back cover ‘£2 USA $6.50’.

Note 1: On the verso of the title page it states ‘This volume is No …. of a limited edition’, with the limitation number hand-written above the dots. The MW collection includes one numbered 542 and another with 745/2000.

2. Second Edition Paperback

Inter-Action. Published 15^th October 1979. Paperback. Title, [i], 73 pages numbered 5-77, [i]. Pages 210mm x 140mm. Front: a cartoon portrait of William Shakespeare with a word balloon saying ‘A HIT! A VERY PALPABLE HIT!!!’; above in black ‘An Inter-Action Playscript, in red ‘Tom Stoppard’s, in blue ‘Dogg’s Hamlet, | Cahoot’s Macbeth’; below two theatrical masks, one with a Union Jack design and the other with a USA flag design and in black ‘BARC | Inter-Action’s British American Repertory Company’. ISBN 0-904571-18-1. Price on back cover ‘£2 USA $6’.

3a. Faber Edition Hardback

Faber. Published October 1980. Hardback. White endpapers, half-title, title, [v], 65 pages numbered 15-79. Pages 197mm x 112mm. Black cloth; down spine in gilt: ‘Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth Tom Stoppard Faber’. ISBN 0-571-11581-0. Price on front flap £4.50.

Dustjacket. 428mm x 203mm. Front: a black and white photograph of a scene from the stage production and above in white ‘TOM STOPPARD’ and in yellow ‘Dogg’s Hamlet | Cahoot’s Macbeth’.

3b. Faber Edition Paperback

Faber. Published October 1980. Paperback. Half-title, title, [v], 65 pages numbered 15-79. Pages 197mm x 109mm. Front: a black and white photograph of a scene from the stage production and above in white ‘TOM STOPPARD’ and in yellow ‘Dogg’s Hamlet | Cahoot’s Macbeth’. ISBN 0-571-11573-X. Price on back cover £1.95.

4. Faber Reprint Paperback

Faber. Published 1984. Paperback. Half-title, title, [v], 65 pages numbered 15-79. Pages 197mm x 122mm. Front: a geometric patterned border in pale shades of olive, lilac and green; in the centre a black and white photograph of Tom Stoppard’s head above a cartoon body in Shakespearian dress holding a quill and paper; in the top right corner in black ‘(ff logo)’ and in the centre in black ‘DOGG’S HAMLET, | CAHOOT’S | MACBETH’, in pale lilac ‘BY’ and in black ‘TOM STOPPARD’. ISBN 0-571-11573-X. Price on back cover £2.50.

Note 1: This edition has the paperback ISBN on the publication data page but has 0-571-11581-0 on the back cover which is the hardback ISBN.

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Stoppard A10 a1 front cover

Stoppard A10 a1 publication data

Stoppard A10 a2 front cover

Stoppard A10 a2 publication data

Stoppard A10 a3a front cover

Stoppard A10 a3b front cover

Stoppard A10 a3a and a3b publication data

Stoppard A10 a4 front cover

Stoppard A10 a4 publication data

A10 b. USA Edition

1. Acting Edition

Samuel French Inc. Published 1980. Paperback. Title, [vi], 69 pages numbered 15-83. Pages 177mm x 125mm. Front: orange with in black ‘Tom Stoppard’s | Dogg’s Hamlet, | Cahoot’s Macbeth’ and at the bottom ‘(rampant lion logo) | Samuel French, Inc.’. ISBN 0-573-60046-5.

Note 1: This was the first USA edition.

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Stoppard A10 b1 front cover

Theatrical Performances

UK Premiere: 21st May 1979 at the Arts Centre of the University of Warwick, Coventry
USA Premiere: 2nd October 1979 at the 22 Steps Theatre, New York

Stoppard A10 USA program