Arcadia

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Arcadia is a critically acclaimed 1993 play by Tom Stoppard that intertwines past and present to explore themes of chaos, knowledge, and romantic entanglements.

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instanceOf play
actCount 2
author Tom Stoppard
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception critically acclaimed
firstPerformanceDate 1993
genre comedy
drama
metatheatrical play
philosophical play
hasCharacter Bernard Nightingale
Captain Brice
Chloë Coverly
Ezra Chater
Hannah Jarvis
Jellaby
Lady Croom
Richard Noakes
Septimus Hodge
Thomasina Coverly
Valentine Coverly
hasTheme limits of knowledge
love and desire
misinterpretation of evidence
order and chaos
relationship between past and present
notableFor exploration of determinism and randomness
integration of science and literature
use of nonlinear time
originalLanguage English
premiereCity London, England
surface form: London
premiereLocation National Theatre in London
surface form: Royal National Theatre
setting Sidley Park
settingTime early 19th century
late 20th century
structure alternating timelines
subject chaos theory
classical literature
entropy
epistemology
historiography
landscape gardening
mathematics
romantic relationships
thermodynamics
timePeriodDepicted Romanticism
surface form: Romantic era

contemporary era
writtenIn early 1990s

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Tom Stoppard wrote Arcadia
Billy Crudup theaterWork Arcadia
Rufus Sewell theatreWork Arcadia
Shangri-La relatedConcept Arcadia
Samantha Bond performedIn Arcadia