B5
Tom Stoppard – Rough Crossing
(adapted by Tom Stoppard from the Hungarian original ‘Játék a Kastélyban’ (Play at the Castle) by Ferenc Molnár)
B5 a. UK Edition
1a. First Edition Hardback
Faber and Faber. Published 2 September 1985. Hardback. White endpapers, 1 blank, half-title, title, [ii], 68 pages numbered 9-76. Pages 197mm x 125mm. Black cloth; down spine in silver lettering: ‘ROUGH CROSSING BY TOM STOPPARD/FERENC MOLNAR (ff logo)’.
Dustjacket. 455mm x 202mm. Front: blue, green, yellow and white geometric border with in black ‘ROUGH | CROSSING | BY | TOM STOPPARD | FROM AN ORIGINAL PLAY BY | FERENC MOLNAR’. ISBN 0-571-13594-3. Price on front flap £7.50.
1b. First Edition Paperback
Faber and Faber. Published 2 September 1985. Paperback. 1 blank, half-title, title, [i], 68 pages numbered 9-76, 2 blanks. Pages 198mm x 119mm. Front: blue, green, yellow and white geometric border with in black ‘ROUGH | CROSSING | BY | TOM STOPPARD | FROM AN ORIGINAL PLAY BY | FERENC MOLNAR’. ISBN 0-571-13595-1. Price on back cover £3.95.
2. First Reprint
Faber and Faber. Published 1985. Paperback. 1 blank, half-title, title, [i], 68 pages numbered 9-76, 2 blanks. Pages 198mm x 120mm. Front: blue, green, yellow and white geometric border with in black ‘ROUGH | CROSSING | BY | TOM STOPPARD | FROM AN ORIGINAL PLAY BY | FERENC MOLNAR’. ISBN 0-571-13595-1. Price on back cover £3.95.
Note 1: The reprint does have any of Stoppard’s usual corrections to the text. The only change appears to be to the production data on the verso of the title page.
Note 2: See also B8 Rough Crossing & On The Razzle.
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B5 b. USA Edition
1. Acting Edition
Samuel French Inc. Published 21 September 1988. Paperback. Title, [i], 84 pages numbered 5-88. Pages 181mm x 121mm. Front: pale green with in black ‘ROUGH | CROSSING | By | TOM STOPPARD | Freely Adapted From | FERENC MOLNAR’S | PLAY AT THE CASTLE | (logo) | Samuel French, Inc.’. ISBN 0-573-66206-1.
Note 1: It is reported that there are copies of the UK paperback with a price of $5.95 on the back cover. This could be the USA first edition.
See photos below.
Theatrical Performances
UK Premiere: 30th October 1984 at the Lyttelton Theatre, London
