sovay: (Sovay: David Owen)
sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2011-11-29 11:29 pm

Pro lásku Boží započatou

Ivan Jirous, poet-dissident and manager of the Plastic People of the Universe. It is entirely possible I would not have known of his existence if I had not seen Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll at the Huntington Theatre in 2008. But I fell in love with the play, so I tracked down a copy of Ach to státu hanobení (1976) and now I'm sorry he's gone. If he did not exist, it really would have been necessary for Stoppard to invent him.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2011-11-30 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
It is entirely possible I would not have known of his existence if I had not . . .

It's so cool when you're able to trace these connections: without this happening, I would never have known this, which led directly to this, etc.