Sidley Park

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Sidley Park is the fictional English country estate that serves as the primary location for the action in Tom Stoppard’s play "Arcadia."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional country estate
fictional location
setting in a play
appearsIn Arcadia NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme classical and romantic aesthetics
history and historiography
landscape design
order and chaos
science and mathematics
time and entropy
country England
creator Tom Stoppard NERFINISHED
fictionalStatus not a real estate in England
firstAppearance play Arcadia (1993)
genreContext postmodern drama
hasFeature country house
drawing room
extensive gardens
garden gazebo or pavilion
hermitage
landscape architecture
library
schoolroom
hasFictionalEvent garden redesign from classical to picturesque style
mathematical discoveries by Thomasina Coverly
modern scholarly research by Hannah Jarvis and Bernard Nightingale
visit of Lord Byron (alluded, debated in the play)
hasOwnerInFiction Coverly family NERFINISHED
influencesPerceptionOf interplay between past and present in Arcadia
languageOfOrigin English
locatedInFictionalRegion Derbyshire (implied in the play) NERFINISHED
medium theatre
narrativeFunction single unified location for multiple time periods
primarySettingOf Arcadia NERFINISHED
relatedWork productions of Arcadia in various theatres worldwide
stageDirectionRole single set representing different eras
timePeriodDepicted early 19th century
late 20th century
usedAs site of academic research in the play
site of historical investigation in the play
site of romantic relationships in the play
usedFor comedy
drama
philosophical dialogue
workTypeContext stage play

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Arcadia setting Sidley Park
Arcadia (stage production) setting Sidley Park
subject surface form: Arcadia (play)