Tom Stoppard: A Life
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Tom Stoppard: A Life
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#2“Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death? There must have been one. A moment. In childhood. When it first occurred to you that you don’t go on forever. It must have been shattering, stamped into one’s memory. And yet, I can’t remember it.”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
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#3"Arcadia" is probably the most relevant work for the HN crowd.
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#5From an early age I’ve appreciated his screenplay for the film Empire of the Sun.
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#6“Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death? There must have been one. A moment. In childhood. When it first occurred to you that you don’t go on forever. It must have been shattering, stamped into one’s memory. And yet, I can’t remember it.” ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
I did the lights for a production of R&G, it was one of the few productions I've done where I had to be careful not to get too engorssed or I'd miss a cue. Such a good play.
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#7"Arcadia" is probably the most relevant work for the HN crowd.
"Arcadia" is great, but "The Hard Problem" (2015) may also be of interest - on consciouness and philosophy of mind. I'd coincidentally read Daniel Dennett's "Intuition Pumps and other tools for thinking" shortly before seeing the play and there was a hefty overlap in themes.