B1

Tom Stoppard – Tango

(translated by Nicholas Bethell and adapted by Tom Stoppard from the Polish original by Slawomir Mrozek)

B1 a. UK Edition

1a. First Edition Hardback

Jonathan Cape. Published 1968. Hardback. White endpapers, [i], title, half-title, 111 pages numbered 7-117, [ii], 1 blank. Pages 177mm x 103mm. Black cloth; up spine in gilt lettering: ‘(Cape logo)  Tango  Slawomir Mrozek’. SBN 224-61291-3.

Dustjacket. 376mm x 184mm. Front: Spanish orange with in white ‘Tango’, in black ‘Slawomir | Mrozek’ and at the base between two white lines in black ‘CAPE EDITIONS’. Price on front flap 18s (hardback) and 7s 6d (paperback).

1b. First Edition Paperback

Jonathan Cape. Published 1968. Paperback. [i], title, half-title, 111 pages numbered 7-117, [ii], 1 blank. Pages 178mm x 111mm. White card wrappers with in silver ‘Tango | Slawomir | Mrozek’ and at the base ‘CAPE EDITIONS’; up spine in silver lettering: ‘(Cape logo)  Tango  Slawomir Mrozek’. SBN 224-61193-3.

Dustjacket. 380mm x 177mm. Front: Spanish orange with in white ‘Tango’, in black ‘Slawomir | Mrozek’ and at the base between two white lines in black ‘CAPE EDITIONS’. Price on front flap 18s (hardback) and 7s 6d (paperback).

Note 1: This publication was number 9 in the Cape Editions series.

Note 2: The paperback has white card printed wrappers as well as a dustjacket that is exactly the same as the hardback dustjacket but of a slightly different size.

See photos below.

Theatrical Performances

UK Premiere: May 1966 by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre, London.