Abstract:Drawing on a descriptive-analytic approach, the paper tackles Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound (1968) as a play-within-the-play parody of the English whodunnit in general and of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap (1952) in particular. The Mousetrap, which has broken records by becoming the longest running play in the history of London's West End since its debut in 1952, established Christie (the novelist, short story writer, and poet) as a playwright in the public eye. Stoppard's Hound, an absurdist two-a… Show more
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