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Arcadia follows two paralleling storylines taking place in the same English estate’s school room, one timeline in the early 1800s, the other in the present. In the past, Thomasina Coverly and her tutor Septimus Hodge attempt to navigate love, sex, mathematics and the drama of countryside aristocracy. In the present, characters attempt to unravel historical events that took place on the estate. Professor Bernard Nightingale investigates Lord Byron’s (1788-1824) potential murder of a cuckolded poet, while his academic contemporary, author Hannah Jarvis, tries to identify the mysterious ‘Hermit of Sidley Park’.
In the words of the playwright Sir Tom Stoppard: "Arcadia started with no situation, no characters, no story. Its true origin was just—out of nowhere—the notion that romanticism and classicism were interesting concepts that would revolve around the playing between two different kinds of temperament."
Production History
Production History
National Theatre, 1993
National Theatre, 1993
Directed by Trevor Nunn
Opened April 13, 1993
Lytteton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London
1991 Olivier Award Winner for Best Play
1993 Evening Standard Award Winner for Best Play
Broadway, 1995
Broadway, 1995
Directed by Trevor Nunn
March 31, 1995 - August 27, 1995 -- 173 performances
Vivian Beaumont Theatre
1995 Drama Desk Award Nominee for Outstanding Play
1995 Drama Desk Award Nominee for Outstanding Set Design for Set Designer Mark Thompson
1995 New York Drama Critic's Circle Winner for Best Play
1995 Outer Critics Circle Winner for Septimus Hodge's Actor Billy Crudup for Outstanding Debut Performance
1995 Outer Critics Circle Nominee for Outstanding New Broadway Play
1995 Theatre World Award Winner for Septimus Hodge's Actor Billy Crudup
1995 Tony Award Nominee for Best Play
1995 Tony Award Nominee for Scenic Design (Play or Musical) for Set Designer Mark Thompson
1995 Tony Award Nominee for Lighting Design (Play or Musical) for Lighting Designer Paul Pyant
LA Theatre Works, 2008
LA Theatre Works, 2008
Runtime: 2:57:03
Directed by John Rubinstein
Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in December 2008.
Arcadia is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.
Includes an interview with Steven Strogatz, the author of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos and professor at the Cornell University School of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics.
Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (2009).
Broadway, 2011
Broadway, 2011
March 17, 2011 - June 19, 2011 -- 108 performances
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Directed by David Leveaux
2011 Drama Desk Award Nominee for Septimus Hodge's Actor Tom Riley for Outstanding Featured in a Play
2011 Drama League Nominee for Distinguished Revival of a Play
2011 Theatre World Award Winner for Chloë Coverly's Actress Grace Gummer
2011 Tony Award Nominee for Bernard Nightingale's Actor Bill Crudup for Best Featured Actor in a Play
2011 Tony Award Nominee for Best Revival of a Play
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