425 Tom Stoppard (with Scott Carter)
The History of Literature
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Stoppard's 'Theatre'
One of the things that stands out to me is that he doesn't seem to feel the need to over explain things to the audience. He can kind of put his arm around our shoulders, so to speak, and tell us a good story and entertain us that way. On the other hand, i was just watching an interview with the caste of coast of utopia, which was this mammothly ambitious trilogy of plays about the intellectual life of russia in the 18 hundreds before the revolution in 19 16. And they were talking about how gracious he was with all the caste, that one would think he might be intimidating to work but he turned out to be so charming and thoughtful and gracious to them
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