Travesties Study Guide consists of approx. 89 pages of summaries and analysis on Travesties by Tom Stoppard. Browse the literature study guide below:
Travesties represents fantasy, history, and tribute to a great play - The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde. Set within the memories of a diplomat stationed in Switzerland during World War I, the play utilizes historically documented relationships between the Russian political theorist, Vladimir Illych Lenin, the Irish novelist, James Joyce, and the Dadaist philosopher, Tristan Tzara. They are the basis for a highly theatrical and comically complex tale of miscommunication, romance, and intellectual confrontation. (
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