B2

Tom Stoppard – Undiscovered Country

(adapted by Tom Stoppard from the German original ‘Das Weite Land’ by Arthur Schnitzler)

B2 a. UK Edition

1. First Edition

Faber and Faber. Published 1980. Paperback. Half-title, title, [iv], 82 pages numbered 13-94, 1 blank. Pages 198mm x 111mm. Front: a brown and white photograph of the 1979 National Theatre production of this play with in white at the top ‘Undiscovered | Country | Arthur Schnitzler’ and at the base ‘In an English version by | TOM STOPPARD’. ISBN 0-571-11575-6. Price on back cover £2.95.

Note 1: See also B6 Dalliance & Undiscovered Country.

2. Proof

Faber and Faber. Paperback. Light blue wrappers with the title in black down the spine.

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B2 b. USA Edition

1. Book Club Edition

Faber and Faber. Published 1982 (assumed as no publication date given). Hardback. White endpapers, half-title, title, [vi], 109 pages numbered 3-111, 1 blank. Pages 208mm x 133mm. Light grey paper-covered boards; down spine in blue: ‘UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY  Tom Stoppard  Faber and Faber’. No ISBN.

Dustjacket. 508mm x 214mm. Front: an illustration of a man made of cracking stone looming over a woman playing tennis with at the top in white ‘An English Version by TOM STOPPARD | of Arthur Schnitzler’s DAS WEITE LAND’ and at the base in blue ‘UNDISCOVERED | COUNTRY’.

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Theatrical Performances

UK Premiere: 20th June 1979 at the Olivier Theatre, London
USA Premiere: 1st March 1982 at the Arena Stage, Washington, DC