A11

Tom Stoppard – Dogg’s Our Pet and The (15 Minute) Dogg’s Troupe Hamlet

A11 a. UK Edition

1a. First Edition Hardback

Inter-Action. Published 1979. Hardback. White endpapers, half-title, title, [v], 205 pages numbered 1-205, [ii]. Pages 209mm x 144mm. Red cloth; down spine in gilt: ‘TEN OF THE BEST  ED Berman  (Inter-Action logo)’.

Dustjacket. 432mm x 200mm. Front: white with a design of double theatrical masks decorated with the Union Jack and repeated ten times; above in black ‘TEN OF THE BEST | BRITISH SHORT PLAYS’; below in black a list of the eight contributing playwrights and ‘Ambiance/Almost Free | Playscript 3’, and ‘Edited by ED Berman’. ISBN 0-904571-16-5. Price on front flap £5.95.

1b. First Edition Paperback

Inter-Action. Published 1979. Paperback. Half-title, title, [v], 209 pages numbered 1-209, [ii]. Front: white with a design of double theatrical masks decorated with the Union Jack and repeated ten times; above in black ‘TEN OF THE BEST | BRITISH SHORT PLAYS’; below in black a list of the eight contributing playwrights and ‘Ambiance/Almost Free | Playscript 3’, and ‘Edited by ED Berman’.  ISBN 0-904571-17-3. Price on back cover ‘UK £2.95 US $7.50’.

Note 1: This a collection of ten short plays that includes Dogg’s Our Pet and The (15 Minute) Dogg’s Troupe Hamlet by Tom Stoppard.

See photos below.

Theatrical Performances

Dogg’s Our Pet – UK Premiere: 8th December 1971 at The Almost Free Theatre, London.
The (15 Minute) Dogg’s Troupe Hamlet – UK Premiere: 24th August 1976 on the terraces of the National Theatre, London.