{"id":611,"date":"2008-11-15T12:26:46","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T17:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fabricegrinda.com\/?p=611"},"modified":"2023-08-10T05:19:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T05:19:41","slug":"tom-stoppard-on-chekhov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/ru\/tom-stoppard-on-chekhov\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Stoppard on Chekhov"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, I had the privilege to attend an interview with Tom Stoppard at BAM<\/a> by David Remnick, an editor at the New Yorker<\/em>. The event epitomized what I love about New York \u2013 an erudite audience, an amazing setting, and brilliant presentation.<\/p>\n

Stoppard was quintessentially Stoppard \u2013 extremely eloquent despite the overuse of the phrase \u201cas it were\u201d, constantly taking us in unexpected directions through the joys of free association. David Remnick, a Russian specialist who won the Pulitzer in 1994 for his book Lenin\u2019s Tomb<\/em>, asked amazingly well researched and interesting questions.<\/p>\n

The conversation ranged from whether the world needs another translation of Chekhov to the potential advantages of being a thinker in a censored society.<\/p>\n

As Remnick put it: \u201cEven truck drivers read Dostoyevsky in Soviet Russia\u201d<\/p>\n

Stoppard: \u201cYes, but if porn was available what do you think they would be reading?\u201d<\/p>\n

Stoppard\u2019s version of the Cherry Orchard<\/em> is being written with a specific focus on how it will be acted and played rather than read. He has made himself available to the producer and actors to tweak it as needed. It will be interesting to see how it comes out when it open at the BAM in January.<\/p>\n

If you go see it, take the opportunity to eat pizza at Lucali, supposedly the best pizza in New York, a short cab ride away from the BAM in Brooklyn. Make sure NOT to go on Tuesday as it is closed that night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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