What Do These Plays Have In Common? - Why PTP/NYC is presenting 'Arcadia' and 'Pity In History' in rep
Why PTP/NYC is presenting Arcadia and Pity In History in rep---On the surface, Howard Barker and Tom Stoppard make an incongruent pair. With vastly different styles and temperaments, the two contemporary British playwrights seem poles apart. Barker's work is typically dissonant, muscular, and politically charged, while the better-known Stoppard revels in sophisticated intellectual workouts, executed with exquisite Wi…