Arcadia

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Previewed 27 May 2009, opened 11 June 2009, closed 12 September 2009 at the Duke of York's Theatre in London

A major revival of Tom Stoppard's play Arcadia in London directed by David Leveaux.

April 1809, a stately home in Derbyshire where Thomasina, a gifted pupil, proposes a startling theory, beyond her comprehension. All around her, the adults, including her tutor Septimus, are preoccupied with secret desires, illicit passions and professional rivalries. Two hundred years later, academic adversaries Hannah and Bernard, are piecing together puzzling clues, curiously recalling those events of 1809, in their quest for an increasingly elusive truth. Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia is a dazzling, witty masterpiece of misunderstanding and quest for knowledge, resonating across centuries.

The cast for this revival of Arcadia in London features Nancy Carroll, Jessie Cave, Neil Pearson, Dan Stevens and Ed Stoppard.

Arcadia originally premiered in London at the National Theatre in April 1993 before transferring in May 1994 to the Theatre Royal Haymarket where it played for just over two years.

This revival production of Arcadia in London at the Duke of York's Theatre previewed from 27 May 2009, opened on 11 June 2009 and closed on 12 September 2009.