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I have fallen deeply, deeply in love with Tom Stoppard. I am particularly head over heels for Arcadia which I have now read about seven times in the past three years. Honestly, it's just gorgeous, almost perfect. I won't go on, but wow! Anyway, since there were quite a few Stoppard fans here apparently, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in a group read/discussion sort of thing? I'm afraid that 70 year old British/Czech playwrights aren't exactly in vogue among the people I associate with every day and I'd love to discuss it a bit more deeply than 'Oh yeah, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern was great!' I wouldn't know where to begin, but it was an idea.
I took TED's suggestion of Pinter (and just saw the revival of The Homecoming) and ended up really enjoying what I've read. There's something delightfully chilling about his work. My favourite so far is The Dumb Waiter.
Along with a nice set of three Stoppards (Inspector Hound/After Magritte, The Invention of Love, and Hapgood), I picked up a collection of JM Synge at a used book store that I'm looking forward to reading. So far I've only read Riders to the Sea thanks to Theater History (Part II) and his language is so beautiful.
And finally, I suppose this is to ask for reccomendations. I've read about half of everything that Stoppard's written, some Pinter, some Durang, the miscellaneous shows I've worked on, and of course the basic classics from the Greeks till now. I'd like to broaden my knowledge as it were, but am sort of unsure where to start.