Arcadia (Paperback, Main)

In a large country house in Derbyshire in April 1809 sit Lady Thomasina Coverly, aged thirteen, and her tutor, Septimus Hodge. Through the window may be seen some of the "500 acres inclusive of lake" where Capability Brown's idealized landscape is about to give way to the "picturesque" Gothic style: "everything but vampires," as the garden historian Hannah Jarvis remarks to Bernard Nightingale when they stand in the same room 180 years later. Bernard has arrived to uncover the scandal which is said to have taken place when Lord Byron stayed at Sidley Park.

Arcadia is a brilliantly inventive play that moves back and forth between centuries, populated by a varied and vastly entertaining cast of characters who discuss such topics as the nature of truth and time, the difference between the classical and the romantic temperament, and the disruptive influence of sex on our orbits in life—according to the author, "the attraction which Newton left out."

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 1993
First published:	September 1994
Authors:	Tom Stoppard
Dimensions:	197 x 127 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	133
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-16934-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General Promotions
LSN:	0-571-16934-1
Barcode:	9780571169344

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