Indian Ink

Praise for Indian Ink

“There’s plenty to cherish … Stoppard is in firm control of his themes and his language, which are inseparable. The dialogue is rife with witty instances of misunderstandings that remind us that there’s more than one way to speak and hear English.” —New York Times

“A play brimming with rasa … [Indian Ink] encompasses broad themes—from the morality of colonialism to our inability to truly understand the past—at the same time that it relates one of the most touching tales of human relationships Stoppard has ever written.” —Baltimore Sun

“There’s no denying the astonishing craft of the individual scenes, the masterly way Stoppard plays with echoes and reversals, tossing themes this way and that like pizza dough. The dialogue, too, is deeply entertaining—sexy or funny, and often both, as the case requires.” —New York

“A 1995 play by the exceedingly intelligent Tom Stoppard … Stoppard delights.” —Time Out New York

“[A] sensuous story of love and art.” —Huffington Post

“Tom Stoppard’s witty 1995 play Indian Ink takes a romantic look back at India under waning British rule.” —Associated Press

“In play after play, [Stoppard] has tackled subjects ranging from chaos theory and the philosophical underpinnings of the Russian Revolution to marriage and adultery with both a ferocious intellectual dexterity and a depth of human feeling that can make you laugh or move you to tears.” —USA Today

“Simply let yourself go to be swirled up in Tom Stoppard’s Indian Ink, a layered comedy about an English poet’s artistic-erotic visit to India in 1930 and the attempt of others to come to terms with its legacy 55 years later.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“The British playwright has always dazzled with his wit and mental agility, his gift for twirling characters and themes across the expanse of time and space. Indian Ink is no exception, an epic grappling with colonialism, race and history, but it’s also unexpectedly moving … Stimulates the heart as well as the intellect.” —Mercury News

“Tom Stoppard’s intelligent and sensitive play about art and love in the British Raj … It’s impossible to walk away without having learned something new. History and myth perform a graceful waltz through a storyline that unfolds like a good mystery novel.” —TheaterMania.com

Also by Tom Stoppard

PLAYS

The Hard Problem

Enter a Free Man

The Real Inspector Hound

After Magritte

Jumpers

Travesties

Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Night and Day

Dogg’s Hamlet and Cahoot’s Macbeth

Undiscovered Country

(adapted from Arthur Schnitzler’s Das weite Land)

On the Razzle

(adapted from Johann Nestroy’s Einen Jux will er sich machen)

Arcadia

The Real Thing

Rough Crossing

(adapted from Ferenc Molnár’s Play at the Castle)

Dalliance

(adapted from Arthur Schnitzler’s Liebelei)

Hapgood

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

(an adaptation of In the Native State)

The Invention of Love

Voyage: The Coast of Utopia Part I

Shipwreck: The Coast of Utopia Part II

Salvage: The Coast of Utopia Part III

Rock ‘n’ Roll