“We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.”
(Tom #Stoppard, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead)
Got to see #Leopoldstadt on broadway, Tom #Stoppard's latest play. While there were some obvious flaws (I felt that David Krumholtz was a weak link in an otherwise strong cast, and there was a bit too much exposition disguised as dialog), I really quite liked the play. Reading the reviews today I feel that most of the reviewers didn't quite "get" the play.
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#leopoldstadt #stoppard #theater #theatre
New #Introduction! Instead of a list of some things I am, here's a list of some things I post about.
#Journalism #Writing #Editing #Style #HigherEd #Rhetoric #Shakespeare #Dickens #Stoppard #EnglishLit #KidLit #Beatles #Puppets #Dodos #Mariners #Huskies
Now watching #Treason on Netflix. Now reading The Turning Point: 1851--A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World.
h/t @karenyin
#introduction #journalism #Writing #editing #style #highered #rhetoric #shakespeare #Dickens #stoppard #EnglishLit #kidlit #beatles #puppets #dodos #mariners #huskies #treason
I'm a #journalist, critic and #information activist; founding editor of https://popula.com and https://thebrick.house
I care about #library rights, #literature, #writing, #culture, #journalism, #publishing, #cinema and #freedom
Some of my favorite writers are Tom #Stoppard, Etsu Sugimoto, Henry #Fielding, Philip #Pullman, Sei #Shōnagon, Sybille Bedford, Klaus #Theweleit, Roberto #Bolaño, Agatha #Christie, Ernest Becker, P.G. #Wodehouse
#wodehouse #christie #bolano #theweleit #shonagon #pullman #fielding #stoppard #freedom #cinema #publishing #journalism #culture #writing #literature #library #information #journalist #introduction
I just got home from seeing “Leopoldstadt” on Broadway. The run-up to the Holocaust is well-trodden ground but not, before, by as great a playwright as Tom Stoppard. Given the topic and playing in New York, the audience was mostly folks like me - middle-class Jews in their 60’s and 70’s. It felt like it was aimed straight at us - with the message “it’s still happening, and now they’re coming for you and your families.”
#stoppard #leopoldstad #mazeldon #jewniverse
Heads down - I’m unleashing my new weapon of mass confusion. I call it the #TootGrenade.
#Puppies #Inane #MiniBabyBel #AlexandriaQuartet #Cardiacs #Fluffy #DSPS #Stuff #Quantum #Stoppard #Sunshine #CaptainScarlet #NearlyChristmas #Omnipresence #KenCampbell #ImMelting #Weetabix #Spook #BazylTheSheepdog #Magnolia #ItsFootballNotSoccer #Peace #BollocksToBrexit #AllTheCheeses #Friendica #ArtDeco #DonkeySanctuary #Thingy
(...or perhaps that should be #HashBomb)
#tootgrenade #puppies #inane #minibabybel #alexandriaquartet #cardiacs #fluffy #dsps #stuff #quantum #stoppard #sunshine #captainscarlet #nearlychristmas #omnipresence #kencampbell #immelting #weetabix #spook #bazylthesheepdog #magnolia #itsfootballnotsoccer #peace #bollockstobrexit #allthecheeses #friendica #artdeco #donkeysanctuary #thingy #hashbomb
So, noob question here: Is there some way I can set up an alert for a hashtag I want to follow? Especially if nobody else has used the hashtag earlier?
I saw someone mention here their interest in #EdithWharton. I thought that was a cool way of tracking people with common interests.
How can I get auto-alerts if anyone mentions anything about #TomStoppard or just #Stoppard?
(I know words not tagged can't be searched for. But is there a way to automate bringing all #Stoppard posts to my TL?)
#edithwharton #tomstoppard #stoppard
Every once in a while a conversation with the Editrix results in a tangle bad enough that we have to declare Hamlet in love with the old man's daughter the old man thinks. #Stoppard #RosencrantzAndGuildenstern
#stoppard #rosencrantzandguildenstern