An edition of Arcadia: a play (1993)

Arcadia

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An edition of Arcadia: a play (1993)

Arcadia

by , , and

  • ★★★★ 4.3 (7 ratings)
  • 63 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 10 Have read

"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." "Tom Stoppard's absorbing play takes us back and forth between the centuries and explores 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 - 'the attraction which Newton left out'."--Jacket.

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Faber and Faber
Language
English
Pages
97

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Subjects

English drama, English Plays, open_syllabus_project, Long Now Manual for Civilization, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), English drama (Comedy), Mathematics, Philosophy, Plays, Drama, Fiction, Classics, Theatre, Historical Fiction, School, Literature, British Literature, Playscript, Gardens in literature

People

Thomasina Coverly, Septimus Hodge, Hannah Jarvis, Bernard Nightingale, Valentine Coverly

Places

Derbyshire (England)

Times

20th century

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Cover of: Arcadia
Arcadia
2001, The Arion Press
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Arcadia: a play in two acts
1993, Samuel French
Paperback in English
Cover of: Arcadia
Arcadia
1993, Faber and Faber
in English

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Edition Notes

A play.

Published in
London, Boston

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
822/.914
Library of Congress
PR6069.T6 A84 1993, PR6069.T6A84 1993, PR6069.T6 A84 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
97 p. ;
Number of pages
97

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1136420M
ISBN 10
0571169333, 0571169341
LCCN
94103754, 2008931949, gb93030035
OCLC/WorldCat
28290150, 60680625
LibraryThing
11802
Goodreads
1314033
384597

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL804974W
Wikidata
11802, Q672288

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Work Description

Arcadia 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.

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