Playing With Ideas

New York Times: "Stoppard and I are watching what is known in the business as a tech rehearsal. Scattered in the theater around us are about 20 people, all involved in making sure that “Voyage,” which flits around in time and place at a sometimes hectic rate, proceeds without a discernible hitch. Some of them are fairly young; they sit in clusters of two or three in front of computer screens that emit a soft light, like glowworms, while others stand or straddle high stools, wearing earphones as they keep a close eye on video monitors. When I ask Stoppard what his role is during this phase, he answers in his characteristic self-mocking style: “Every two and a half hours I contribute a tiny thing.”"