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Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1967) is a play about the absurdity of life as seen through the eyes of the two minor courtiers in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Like Arcadia, the work is noted for its ferocious wordplay and lofty ideas.
Also by Stoppard, Travesties (1974) is a comedy-drama that imagines three of history's quirkier characters—Vladimir Lenin, James Joyce, and Tristan Tzara—all living together in Zurich during World War I.
Other playwrights with a distinctively British flair for characters and comedy include Alan...
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