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| re: Leopoldstadt This Weekend | |
| Posted by: Ncassidine 11:25 am EST 12/26/22 | |
| In reply to: Leopoldstadt This Weekend - stan 10:16 am EST 12/26/22 | |
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| It was -- fine? I guess. I have a lot of family members who are Survivors and some who perished on the Holocaust. I found the play a little boring, at least the first half. I didn't really need to hear that much philosophy. SHOW me the drama don't tell me. | |
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| re: "Show me the drama, don't tell me" | |
| Posted by: Showtunegal 05:57 am EST 12/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Leopoldstadt This Weekend - Ncassidine 11:25 am EST 12/26/22 | |
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| That's an interesting observation, because usually I would agree with you! And let me be clear, I respect your opinion, of course, and I'm glad you shared it. I have dear friends who didn't like this play at all, and one of them, when I was RAVING years ago about the original production of Arcadia in London (still one of the greatest plays I ever saw), lay down on the carpet and covered her face and yelled, "Stop talking bout that fucking play!" So, I get it that a lot of people don't like Stoppard. The first time I saw one of his plays was in college, when The Real Thing was trying out in Boston. I thought, "All the characters, even the daughter who's a teenager, are speaking exactly the same way." He is definitely a writer where a LOT is spoken, rather than dramatized. But then I grew to (mostly) love his work. I think he does something that is all his own. I like the excitement for ideas (in the case of Leopoldstadt, mathematical ones) that permeate his plays. | |
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| re: "Show me the drama, don't tell me" | |
| Posted by: TheOtherOne 12:28 pm EST 12/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: "Show me the drama, don't tell me" - Showtunegal 05:57 am EST 12/27/22 | |
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| Not for an instant did I feel as if the drama wasn’t being shown to me in “Leopoldstadt.” There have been times when Stoppard’s love of his own verbal wizardry has alienated me, but this is not one of them. The argument that his characters all speak in his voice is a worthy one, though I believe that to a great (and understandable) extent this is true of most dramatists. |
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| re: "Show me the drama, don't tell me" | |
| Posted by: Ncassidine 02:00 pm EST 12/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: "Show me the drama, don't tell me" - TheOtherOne 12:28 pm EST 12/27/22 | |
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| I mean, there's like a 30 minute discussion on the state of the Middle East. | |
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| A summing up? | |
| Posted by: BillEadie 09:28 pm EST 12/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: "Show me the drama, don't tell me" - Ncassidine 02:00 pm EST 12/27/22 | |
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| Stoppard works in themes from earlier plays into Leopoldstadt. Assuming this is his last play (not a sure thing, I imagine), it provides audiences with a stirring, dramatic, capstone. I’ve seen most, if not all of his plays, and this one stunned me thoroughly. Bill, in San Diego, commenting on a performance from early November |
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