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ROCK ‘N’ ROLL.

December 28, 2007 at 10:21 AM · History, Politics, Theater

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL. We got to see another wonderful Tom Stoppard play. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL has a two act structure that reflects the history of Eastern Europe before and after 1989. The first act is in many ways painful. The exacting regulation of life in Czechoslovakia is dramatized through the inability of one character who lives in Czechoslovakia to listen to the music he wants to hear. These scenes lay the ground for a wild release at the end of the second act when the Berlin Wall falls and the characters are simply allowed to attend a rock concert.