by Tom Stoppard · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571192717
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«The Invention of Love» is the play by Tom Stoppard published by Faber & Faber in paperback (112 pages, in English).
The text approaches the figure of A. E. Housman, poet and classical scholar, remembered above all for A Shropshire Lad. Premiered at the Royal National Theatre in 1997 directed by Richard Eyre, the play interweaves the biographical portrait of the scholar with themes of love, desire and intellectual life.
The play belongs to the Faber Plays collection from Faber & Faber; the text was published in 1997.
Recommended for readers of contemporary British theatre and for those who follow the work of Tom Stoppard or the poetry of A. E. Housman.
Sir Tom Stoppard was a British playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covered the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical bases of society. Stoppard, a playwright of the Royal National Theatre, was one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation and was critically compared with William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. He was knighted for his contribution to theatre in 1997 and awarded the Order of Merit in 2000.
