Jumpers

Jumpers Synopsis

Tom Stoppers's play "e;Jumpers"e; is both a high-spirited comedy and a serious attempt to debate the existence of a moral absolute, of metaphysical reality, of God. Michael Billington in "e;The Guardian"e; described the play succinctly: "e;The new Radical Liberal Party has made the ex-Minister of Agriculture Archbishop of Cantebury, British astronauts are scrapping with each other on the moon, and spritely academics steal about London by night indulging in murderous gymnastics:

• this is the kind of manic, futuristic, topsy-turvy world in which Stoppard's dazzling new play is set. And if I add that the influences apparently include Wittgenstein, Magritte, the Goons, Robert Dhery, Joe Orton, and The Avengers, you will have some idea of the heady brew Stoppard has here concocted."e
• The protagonist incude an aging Professor Of Moral Philosophy -- trying to compose a lecture on "e
• Man -- Good, Bad or Indifferent"e
• -- while ignoring a corpse in the next room
• his beautiful young wife, an ex-musical comedy Queen, lasciviously entertaining his university boss down the hall
• her husband's specially trained hare, Thumpers
• and a chorus of gymnasts, Jumpers