I read it when I was super sick and usually take even less of this quantum physics alternative timeline gimmick then, and it was awesome. It's experimental in a good way, in a way where it actually makes me think about all the ways that we assume stories, in our lives and in literature especially, are predefined when they really don't have to be (and not in a lame "Groundhog Day" and derivative works way). It was an amazing combination of what-ifs that could have fallen flat in some stupid way, but there was so much emotion just in the dialogue that it carried over well. Other times one of them would move one, other times they wouldn't. ![]() There were times where they were heartbroken, others angry, others just not in the right place at the right time. Roland raises bees, Marianne is a career astrophysicist, and they meet, fall in and out of love, make life choices in all different permutations. There are all sorts of tangents, different possibilities a story can take, and this play explores them. All four actors who have played these two characters are ones I really like, so I figured I could visualize it fairly well. I saw a review of the New York City production of this play, and since I can't travel to New York City right now (or back in time to see the original London production) I figured the next best thing would be to read the play. and that what is making it even more emotional for me I actually know researchers in my personal life who are really THIS enthusiastic and obsessed about their research subjects and findings, so I actually understand her. I loved how all the alternate universe scenes and aftermaths actually made sense, even the most heart-breaking ones ( especially in the end, when we see the ending where Marianne decides that she does not want to fight anymore to live, because she believes time is unimportant in the great scheme of HER science, even if it seems cruel towards Roland. And I love the play even more, and I discovered so-so many more little gems and wonderful themes about this play. I have reached a status where I feel actually PROUD of my work on this. I can proudly present that the 2nd reread also included my own translation of this masterpiece. Overall, it gets a big thumbs up from me. Fresh, fun, but also deep and really credible. ![]() I loved the whole "what could happen in alternate universes with the same two people" theme, and I loved the dialogue. And I'm glad I could start out with something like Constellations. This is the first step on a long road for me to dwelve into the wonders of really contemporary British plays. There’s not going to be any more or less of it. ![]() Time is irrelevant at the level of a-atoms and molecules. The basic laws of physics-the b-basic laws of physics don’t have a past and a present. In the quantum multiverse, every choice, every decision you've ever and never made exists in an unimaginably vast ensemble of parallel universes.
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