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The Real Inspector Hound

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561 words, approx. 2 pages
The Real Inspector Hound is a short play by Tom Stoppard. The story line follows two theatre critics called Moon and Birdboot who are watching a ridiculous set-up of a country house murder mystery, in the style of a "whodunit". By accident, they become...


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The Stranger
The Real Inspector Hound
11/03/2005: 308 words, approx. 1 pages
The Real Inspector Hound, Tom Stoppard's oh-so-meta whodunit lampoon, is a masterpiece of glib self-reference, twisting and stretching the boundaries between critic, audience, and performer. Or whatever. It seems silly to apply critical seriousness to a work about the silliness of theater criticism. Simply...
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Variety
The Real Inspector Hound/Black Comedy.(Comedy Theater, New York, New York) (theater reviews)
05/25/1998: 940 words, approx. 3 pages
(COMEDY REVIVAL DOUBLE-BILL; COMEDY THEATER; 796 SEATS; 25 [pounds sterling] ($41) TOP) LONDON A Warehouse Prods. with Associated Capital Theaters presentation of an Yvonne Arnaud Theater, Guildford, production of a double-bill, "The Real Inspector Hound" by Tom Stoppard and "Black Comedy" by...
 


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Essay Grade: 92%
The Satirizing of Crime Fiction in The Real Inspector Hound
1,055 words, approx. 4 pages
Examines how British playwright Tom Stoppard parodies crime fiction in his play The Real Inspector Hound. Notes the irony that Stoppard satisfies conventions of crime fiction even while satirizing them.
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Essay Grade: 92%
The Real Inspector Hound
811 words, approx. 3 pages
Essay discusses the themes in the play "The Real Inspector Hound" by Tom Stoppard.


 

The Real Inspector Hound

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