Characters: 8 male, 4 female
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This play moves back and forth between 1809 and the present at
the elegant estate owned by the Coverly family. The 1809 scenes
reveal a household in transition. As the Arcadian landscape is
being transformed into picturesque Gothic gardens, complete with a
hermitage, thirteen year old Lady Thomasina and her tutor delve
into intellectual and romantic issues. Present day scenes depict
the Coverly descendants and two competing scholars who are
researching a possible scandal at the estate in 1809 involving Lord
Byron. This brilliant play moves smoothly between the centuries and
explores the nature of truth and time, the difference between
classical and romantic temperaments, and the disruptive influence
of sex on our life orbits the attraction Newton left out.
"Pure entertainment for the heart, mind, soul.... The best
Broadway play for many, many a season. It is a work shot through
with fun, passion and, yes, genius." N.Y. Post.
"Stoppard's richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of
wit, intellect, language, brio and ... emotion. It's like a dream
of levitation: you're instantaneously aloft, soaring, banking,
doing loop the loops.... The playwright is a daredevil pilot who's
steady at the controls." N.Y. Times.
"Full of complex ideas and pleasures one expects from this
master of dramatic composition." Time Out.
"A dazzling exposition of epigrammatic wit." Daily Express. To
learn more about the 2011 Broadway production, visit
www.Arcadiabroadway.com.
Winner of the 1995 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best
Play and the 1994 Olivier Award.
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