Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (English) Paperback Book

Description: Arcadia by Tom Stoppard This play takes readers back and forth between the 19th and 20th centuries. Set in a large country house in Derbyshire, a cast of characters from each century play out their respective dramas. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 Browns idealized landscape is about to give way to the picturesque Gothic style: everything but vampires, as the garden historian Hannah Jarvis remarks in the same room 180 years later to Bernard Nightingale - who has arrived to uncover the scandal said to have taken place when Lord Byron stayed at Sidley Park.Tom Stoppards 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. Author Biography Tom Stoppard was born in 1937 in Czechoslovakia. His first major success, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, was produced in London in 1967 at the Old Vic after critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival. Subsequent plays include Enter a Free Man, The Real Inspector Hound, Jumpers, Travesties, Night and Day, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (with Andre Previn), After Magritte, Dirty Linen, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Arcadia, Indian Ink and The Invention of Love. Review "Theres no doubt about it. Arcadia is Tom Stoppards richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio and ... emotion. Its like a dream of levitation: youre instantaneously aloft, soaring, banking, doing loop-the-loops and then, when you think youre about to plummet to earth, swooping to a gentle touchdown of not easily described sweetness and sorrow." --Vincent Canby, The New York Times"Theres no doubt about it. Arcadia is Tom Stoppards richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio and ... emotion. Its like a dream of levitation: youre instantaneously aloft, soaring, banking, doing loop-the-loops and then, when you think youre about to plummet to earth, swooping to a gentle touchdown of not easily described sweetness and sorrow."--Vincent Canby, "The New York Times" Promotional Tom Stoppards masterpiece, elegantly rejacketed in Faber Dramas new series design. Long Description This play takes readers back and forth between the 19th and 20th centuries. Set in a large country house in Derbyshire, a cast of characters from each century play out their respective dramas. 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 Browns idealized landscape is about to give way to the picturesque Gothic style: everything but vampires, as the garden historian Hannah Jarvis remarks in the same room 180 years later to Bernard Nightingale - who has arrived to uncover the scandal said to have taken place when Lord Byron stayed at Sidley Park.Tom Stoppards 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. Review Quote "Theres no doubt about it. Arcadia is Tom Stoppards richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio and ... emotion. Its like a dream of levitation: youre instantaneously aloft, soaring, banking, doing loop-the-loops and then, when you think youre about to plummet to earth, swooping to a gentle touchdown of not easily described sweetness and sorrow." --Vincent Canby, The New York Times Promotional "Headline" Arcadia is one of our greatest contemporary plays, set in two distinct centuries Tom Stoppard explores the nature of truth, time, sex and attraction with absorbing and tragic humour. Details ISBN0571169341 Author Tom Stoppard Short Title ARCADIA Publisher Faber & Faber Language English ISBN-10 0571169341 ISBN-13 9780571169344 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 822.914 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1937 Edition 1st Alternative 9781615748020 Residence ENK Imprint Faber & Faber DOI 10.1604/9780571169344 Series Faber Drama UK Release Date 1993-05-10 AU Release Date 1993-05-10 Pages 144 Year 1993 Publication Date 1993-05-10 Audience Educational: Primary & Secondary NZ Release Date 2005-06-30 Edition Description Main - Re-issue We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:2655010;

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