A20
Tom Stoppard – Leopoldstadt
A20 a. UK Edition
1a. First Edition Hardback
Faber and Faber. Published 6th February 2020. Hardback. White endpapers, half-title, title, [v], 103 pages numbered 3-105, 5 blanks. Pages 197mm x 122mm. Dark brown paper covered boards; down spine in gilt: ‘Tom Stoppard Leopoldstadt (ff logo)’.
Dustjacket. 455mm x 204mm. Front: a black and white photo of a girl holding a yellow cat’s cradle in front of her; at the top in white ‘(ff logo) | PLAYS’, in a gold and black frame in black ‘TOM STOPPARD’, and in a black art nouveau font ‘LEOPOLDSTADT’. ISBN 978-0-571-35904-2. Price on front flap £14.99.
Note 1: On the publication data page the ISBN is erroneously printed as 978-0-571-135904-2.
1b. First Edition Paperback
Faber and Faber. Published 6th February 2020. Paperback. Half-title, title, [v], 103 pages numbered 3-105, 5 blanks. Pages 198mm x 123mm. Front: a black and white photo of a girl holding a yellow cat’s cradle in front of her; at the top in white ‘(ff logo) | PLAYS’, in a gold and black frame in black ‘TOM STOPPARD’, and in a black art nouveau font ‘LEOPOLDSTADT’. ISBN 978-0-571-35905-9. Price on back cover £9.99.
Note 1: On the publication data page the ISBN is erroneously printed as 978-0-571-135905-9.
2. Revised Edition Paperback
Faber and Faber. Published 2020. Paperback. Half-title, title, [v], 103 pages numbered 3-105, 1 blank. Pages 198mm x 121mm. Front: a black and white photo of a girl holding a yellow cat’s cradle in front of her; at the top in white ‘(ff logo) | PLAYS’, in a gold and black frame in black ‘TOM STOPPARD’, and in a black art nouveau font ‘LEOPOLDSTADT’. ISBN 978-0-571-35905-9. Price on back cover £9.99.
Note 1: On the publication data page it states “reprinted with revisions”. Also, the ISBN has been corrected to 978-0-571-35905-9.
3. Limited Edition
Faber and Faber. Published 6th February 2020. Hardback. Black endpapers, [i] limitation page, half-title, title, [v], 103 pages numbered 3-105, 4 blanks. Pages 198mm x 124mm. Black paper covered boards quarter bound in claret cloth; down spine in gilt on black rectangles: ‘TOM STOPPARD LEOPOLDSTADT’. ISBN 978-0-571-36013-0. Issued with a slipcase and no dustjacket.
Slipcase. Claret cloth with no text on spine.
Note 1: This edition was limited to 105 copies of which 100 were numbered 1-100 and offered for sale. 5 copies were numbered i-v and reserved for the author.
See photos below.
A20 b. USA Edition
1. First Edition
Grove Press. Published 25th August 2020. Paperback. [i], half-title, title, [v], 96 pages numbered 7-102. Pages 209mm x 135mm. Front: a black and white photo of a girl holding a yellow cat’s cradle in front of her; at the top in black a quote from The Guardian, in a gold and black frame in black ‘TOM STOPPARD’, and in a black art nouveau font ‘LEOPOLDSTADT’. ISBN 978-0-8021-5771-3. Price on back cover $16.00.
See photos below.
Theatrical Performances
UK Premiere: 25th January 2020 at Wyndham’s Theatre, London
USA Premiere: 2nd October 2022 at the Longacre Theatre, New York
