Utopia's other shore

Author: (English) Stopa / Sun Zhongxu
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: The Utopia Beyond Trilogy consists of Voyage, Disaster, and Rescue, depicting the revolutionary turmoil that swept across Russia and the entire Europe in the 19th century. The entire play spans from 1833 to 1868, with vast settings including major cities such as Moscow, Paris, Dresden, Nice, London, and Geneva. It features numerous characters like Bakunin, Herzen, Belinsky, Turgenev, Chernyshevsky, Nagai, Kossuth, Jones, and Maxtopha, who skillfully balance the scales, allowing us to see the shining aspects of human nature—courage, integrity, generosity, and more—within the tragedy of revolution, as well as the warmth and beauty of family, love, and friendship in the tragedy of life. He turns serious history into humor and entertainment, expressing profound thoughts in poetic language. Stopa's plays combine intellectual depth with entertainment, hiding the melancholy of life beneath absurd farces and romantic affairs. He might very well be a typical Wildean character: using cynicism to express sincerity and seriousness. Stopa enriched the theatrical era from the 1960s to the present day with his wit, depth, brilliant prose, and magically versatile dramatic techniques.