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National literature: an international question "As a nation we have no literature," the literary critic Belinsky cries in despair in part one of Tom Stoppard's play The Coast of Utopia

Politics? Or Beer? Czech Out the Plastic People's Universal MessageThere has been discussion of late, including from this writer, concerning what is perceived as a distinct lack of protest or even topical music during these troubled times.

Manoel Felciano stars in the ACT production of Tom Stoppard’s Rock ‘n’ Roll. Photo by Ashley Forette Photography Manoel Felciano, a San Francisco native, had to play Broadway before he could make his hometown professional stage debut.

We’ve just posted final contents for Eclipse Two, the follow-up to master anthologist Jonathan Strahan’s critically acclaimed collection of new science fiction and fantasy, Eclipse One. Eclipse Two features extraordinary tales by many of fantastic fiction’s brightest lights, including Nancy Kress, Peter S.

At the Telegraph, Noel Malcolm gives a favorable review to Alexander Waugh's book about the Wittgensteins: Paul, the closest sibling in age to Ludwig, had some of his younger brother's qualities: asceticism, an iron will, an inability to dissemble, and a sometimes comical unawareness of how the world

The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center's exhibition "The Mystique of the Archive" takes a comprehensive look at archives themselves, the archival process and the culture surrounding archives. Drawing on the Center's extensive holdings of the imaginative creations of writers and artists, "The Mystique of the Archive" illustrates the diverse nature of archives and their myriad uses.

I attended a double bill of farce at the Soulpepper Theater. The two plays were Tom Stoppards The Real Inspector Hound and Peter Shaffer's Black Comedy. I attended a pre play talk with William Webster, a founding member of the company. hHe talked about the plays and the playwrights and took questions.

I cannot at all tell you where I heard about this book--some online venue shrouded now in the dim mists of my inattentive recent past--but wherever it was, the title and premise prompted me to request it from my beloved BorrowDirect.

Last weekend we watch G. Paltrow and J. Gyllenhaal being lovestruck tormented mathematicians in the film version of David Auburn’s Proof... [ CONTINUE READING » ] tags: David Auburn, Proof, Tom Stoppard, Arcadia, Fermat's Last Theorem, carnal embrace

Last night I went with the WestEnd Whingers and crewe to see “Under the Blue Sky” at the Duke Of York’s theater. Ostensibly this should segue right into a review of a show, but I have to pause and take a moment to praise the company.