Stoppard: EGBDF and Professional Foul

Tom Stoppard – Every Good Boy Deserves Favour & Professional Foul

D2 a. UK Edition

1a. First Edition Hardback

Faber and Faber. Published 12^th June 1978. Hardback. White endpapers, half-title, title, [iii] introduction, [ii], 79 pages numbered 15-93, 1 blank. Pages 196mm x 118mm. Blue cloth; down spine in gilt: ‘Tom Stoppard Every Good Boy Deserves Favour / Professional Foul Faber’.

Dustjacket. 457mm x 202mm. Front: white with blue stripes at top and bottom with in black ‘TOM | STOPPARD’, in blue ‘Every Good | Boy Deserves | Favour &’, and in black ‘Professional | Foul’. ISBN 0-571-11225-0. Price on front flap £3.50.

1b. First Edition Paperback

Faber and Faber. Published 12^th June 1978. Paperback. Half-title, title, [iii] introduction, [ii], 79 pages numbered 15-93, 1 blank. Pages 197mm x 112mm. Front: white with blue stripes at top and bottom with in black ‘TOM | STOPPARD’, in blue ‘Every Good | Boy Deserves | Favour &’, and in black ‘Professional | Foul’. ISBN 0-571-11226-9. Price on back cover £1.95.

2. Proof

Faber and Faber. Paperback. Half-title, title, [iv], 67 pages numbered 13-79. Pages 197mm x 122mm. Front: pale khaki with no text on covers or spine.

3. Cast Recording

RCA. BL12855. LP released 1978. Recording of the original London cast and the London Symphony Orchestra.

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Stoppard D2 a1a front cover

Stoppard D2 a1b front cover

Stoppard D2 a1a and a1b publication data

Stoppard D2 a2 front cover and spine

Stoppard D2 a2 front verso and half-title

Stoppard D2 a3 front cover

D2 b. USA Edition

1a. First Edition Hardback

Grove Press. Published 15^th June 1978. Hardback. White endpapers, half-title, title, [ii], 116 pages numbered 9-124, 1 blank. Pages 202mm x 127mm. Flecked wheat cloth; down spine in blue: ‘Tom Stoppard Every Good Boy Deserves Favor AND Professional Foul Grove Press’.

Dustjacket. 476mm x 212mm. Front: dark blue with at the top left in white ‘Two Plays by | Tom | Stoppard’, at the top right in white ‘Every Good Boy | Deserves Favor | and | Professional Foul’; below in shades of yellow and orange, overlapping iterations of ‘TOM STOPPARD’. ISBN 0-394-50157-8. Price on front flap £8.95.

1b. First Edition Paperback

Grove Press. Published 15^th June 1978. Paperback. half-title, title, [ii], 116 pages numbered 9-124, [ii]. Pages 202mm x 127mm. Front: dark blue with at the top left in white ‘Two Plays by | Tom | Stoppard’, at the top right in white ‘Every Good Boy | Deserves Favor | and | Professional Foul’ and to the right of that the Grove Press logo and ‘E-703 | $3.95’; below in shades of yellow and orange, overlapping iterations of ‘TOM STOPPARD’. ISBN 0-394-17033-4. Price on front and back covers $3.95.

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Stoppard D2 b1a front cover

Stoppard D2 b1b front cover

Stoppard D2 b1a and b1b publication data

Stoppard D2 b1b review slip

Every Good Boy – Theatrical Performances
UK Premiere: July 1977 at the Royal Festival Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra followed by a theatrical run at the Mermaid Theatre, London from 14th June 1978.
USA Premiere: 30th July 1979 to 4th August 1979 at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.

Professional Foul – TV
UK Premiere: Professional Foul was first broadcast on BBC2, 21st September 1977.

Stoppard D2 UK program

Stoppard D2 USA program