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Night and Day

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  1w, 7m

Tom Stoppard

Night and Day
by Tom Stoppard

“Dazzling […] It throbs with life and is a pleasure.” - New York Post

This provocative and funny look at exploitation and corruption, journalistic ethics, freedom of the press, and marital infidelity is set in a fictional, copper-rich African nation.

Night and Day

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    1w, 7m

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Summary
This provocative and funny look at exploitation and corruption, journalistic ethics, freedom of the press, and marital infidelity is set in a fictional, copper-rich African nation. Dick Wagner of The Sunday Globe and a competing freelance journalist arrive at the jungle home of a white mine owner. Soon they are competing for the use of their host’s telex, the attentions of his wife, and a possible interview with the missing president of Kambawe.

Keywords
M7 (8, 20s (Black), 40s, 50s (Black)) F1 (30s)
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A living-room, hall and stairs

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Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard’s most recent play, Leopoldstadt, opened at Wyndham's Theatre in 2020 and transferred to Broadway in 2022. It won multiple Awards, including an Olivier Award and Tony Award for Best Play. He wrote his first play, Enter a Free Man, whilst working as a journalist i ...

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