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Tom Stoppard – After Magritte

A4 a. UK Edition

1. First Edition Paperback

Faber and Faber. Published 31^st May 1971. Paperback with french wrappers. Half-title, title, [ii], 39 pages numbered 9-47. Pages 199mm x 115mm. Front: white with three horizontal yellow bands and in black ‘After | Magritte | Tom | Stoppard’. ISBN 0-571-09657-3. Price on front flap £0.50.

Note 1: There was a reprint in 1973 but without any changes to the text.

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Stoppard A4 a1 front cover

Stoppard A4 a1 publication data

Stoppard A4 a1 review slip

A4 b. USA Edition

1. Acting Edition

Samuel French Inc. Published 1973. Paperback. Title, [i], 25 pages numbered 5-29, [i]. Pages 185mm x 125mm. Front: yellow with in black ‘After Magritte | A PLAY | By Tom Stoppard | (rampant lion logo) | Samuel French, Inc. | PRICE, $1.00’. No ISBN. Price on front cover $1.00.

Note 1: On the verso of the front cover are blurbs for Don’t Drink The Water by Woody Allen and the Odd Couple by Neil Simon. On the recto of the back cover are blurbs for Come Blow Your Horn by Neil Simon and A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner.

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Stoppard A4 b1 front cover

Theatrical Performances

UK Premiere: 9th April 1970 at the Ambiance Lunch-hour Theatre Club, London
USA Premiere: 23rd April 1972 at Theatre Four, New York (with The Real Inspector Hound)