stoppard or shakespeare?

looking glass spectacle · 01.17.2010, 04:00 AM

...or, did i just get called a schoolboy on the internets?

so then fritz says to her,
By and by, I come—
To cease thy strife, and leave me to my grief.
To-morrow will I send.

Romeo:
So thrive my soul—

Juliet:
A thousand times good night!

Romeo:
A thousand times the worse, to want thy light.
Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books,
But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.

so i said to no one in particular, speaking of the same woman,

Thomasina: When you stir your rice pudding, Septimus, the spoonful of jam spreads itself around making red trails like the picture of a meteor in my astronomical atlas. But if you stir backward, the jam will not come together again. Indeed, the pudding does not notice and continues to turn pink as before. Do you think this is odd?

Septimus: No.

Thomasina: Well, I do. You cannot stir things apart.

Genteel Death · 01.17.2010, 04:09 AM

Tom Stoppard

terminal pharmacy · 01.17.2010, 05:10 AM

not comparable

evollove · 01.17.2010, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by looking glass spectacle

Juliet:
A thousand times good night!

Romeo:
A thousand times the worse, to want thy light.

This, which I've read before, blew my mind afresh. Good/worse, night/light ... taking the simplest of elements, Will nailed something profound. I'm not sure what Stoppard's on about. I'm sorry, what was the question?

terminal pharmacy · 01.17.2010, 09:57 AM

stoppard's true west is a fine fine play though

m1rr0r dash · 01.18.2010, 05:10 PM

arcadia by stoppard is one of my favoites, as it features a good bit of talk about both sex and architecture.

!@#$%! · 01.18.2010, 10:28 PM

gin and tonic is a summer drink, try gin and bitters. short and to the point!

2 oz gin
1/2 tsp bitters
on a rocks glass

say yes to etOH

!@#$%! · 01.18.2010, 10:30 PM

as to your other question, shakespeare is great and all but it's fucking hard to read his ancientese. and when i go to the theatre 1/2 the time i don't get what the fuck they are mumbling about. but yeah ok he's all that etc.

stoppard is nice, read arcadia a long time ago but i've completely forgotten it. except for something about a garden, and rabbits, or something.

i should re-read...

demonrail666 · 01.18.2010, 11:06 PM

shakespeare was better than stoppard, but then so was pinter.

dale_gribble · 01.18.2010, 11:56 PM

shakespeare's a talentless cunt.

atari 2600 · 01.20.2010, 10:55 AM

This thing's viral now, so you may already be familiar with it.

What if... William Shakespeare wrote The Big Lebowski?
http://runleiarun.com/lebowski/

m1rr0r dash · 01.23.2010, 03:53 AM

... any play that has a teenage girl uttering the phrase "papa's landskip architect" is more than ok in my estimation.

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01.17.2010, 04:00 AM	#1
looking glass spectacle 100% Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 591	...or, did i just get called a schoolboy on the internets? so then fritz says to her, By and by, I come— To cease thy strife, and leave me to my grief. To-morrow will I send. Romeo: So thrive my soul— Juliet: A thousand times good night! Romeo: A thousand times the worse, to want thy light. Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books, But love from love, toward school with heavy looks. so i said to no one in particular, speaking of the same woman, Thomasina: When you stir your rice pudding, Septimus, the spoonful of jam spreads itself around making red trails like the picture of a meteor in my astronomical atlas. But if you stir backward, the jam will not come together again. Indeed, the pudding does not notice and continues to turn pink as before. Do you think this is odd? Septimus: No. Thomasina: Well, I do. You cannot stir things apart. __________________
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01.17.2010, 04:09 AM	#2
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Tom Stoppard
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01.17.2010, 05:10 AM	#3
terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	not comparable
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terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	stoppard's true west is a fine fine play though
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01.18.2010, 05:10 PM	#6
m1rr0r dash invito al cielo Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: atari Posts: 2,228	arcadia by stoppard is one of my favoites, as it features a good bit of talk about both sex and architecture. __________________
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01.18.2010, 10:28 PM	#7
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	gin and tonic is a summer drink, try gin and bitters. short and to the point! 2 oz gin 1/2 tsp bitters on a rocks glass say yes to etOH
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01.18.2010, 10:30 PM	#8
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	as to your other question, shakespeare is great and all but it's fucking hard to read his ancientese. and when i go to the theatre 1/2 the time i don't get what the fuck they are mumbling about. but yeah ok he's all that etc. stoppard is nice, read arcadia a long time ago but i've completely forgotten it. except for something about a garden, and rabbits, or something. i should re-read...
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01.18.2010, 11:06 PM	#9
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	shakespeare was better than stoppard, but then so was pinter.
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01.18.2010, 11:56 PM	#10
dale_gribble 100% Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: the space between dreams and reality Posts: 666	shakespeare's a talentless cunt. __________________
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01.20.2010, 10:55 AM	#11
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	This thing's viral now, so you may already be familiar with it. What if... William Shakespeare wrote The Big Lebowski? http://runleiarun.com/lebowski/ __________________ Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon, 1959. Combine on canvas 81 3/4 x 70 x 24 inches.
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01.23.2010, 03:53 AM	#12
m1rr0r dash invito al cielo Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: atari Posts: 2,228	... any play that has a teenage girl uttering the phrase "papa's landskip architect" is more than ok in my estimation. __________________
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