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Summary: the perfect marriage between ideas and high comedy
Review: the perfect marriage between ideas and high comedy and for those who read anything more to say? I really don't think so
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Summary: I'd like to give this book 6 stars.
Review: This is one of the 3 best books I have ever read and also one of the 5 best theatre peaces I have ever read. And I read quite a lot.
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Summary: Stoppard's best work to date.
Review: This is Stoppard's best work to date. A very ambitious play which juxtaposes scenes and characters from the early 19th century and contemporary life, Arcadia is devoted to an explanoration of how humans find meaning in life. This play has all of Stoppard's famous wit and word-play and as is characteristic of his best work is simultaneously very funny while exploring serious philosophical issues. One of the things that that really distinguishes this play is Stoppard's interest in biology, specifically the aspects of what we now call complexity theory. Stoppard's combination of 19th centrury and contemporaray characters allows him to demonstrate the continutity of scientific thought of the past 2 centuries and allows a triumphant, though wittily presented resolution of the problem of entropy and life. This sounds dry, but one of the features of this play is that these issues are presented with true pathos and in a way that deomonstrates that science is a very human and passionate pursuit
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Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: This play is one of the greatest works of drama I have ever read, hands down. Stoppard gives his characters an emotional depth in very few words. The symmetry between the two eras is obvious, but not so much as to be hokey. This easily surpasses Rosencrantz and Gulildenstern as his greatest work.
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Summary: A little of everything
Review: Though a big fan of many of Stoppard's plays, I rate this one the highest. I have seen it and read it several times and every time I find something new. Stoppard amazingly weaves quantum physics with gardening, the crisis of the modern scientific era and a love story. And the way that he does it all is so creative that you do not want it to end.
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Summary: PURE BRILLIANCE! SHEER GENIUS! AWESOME PLAY!
Review: Tom Stoppard does it again with "Arcadia!" The playwright writes a story with feeling and emotion. I'm 12 1/2 years old, and I found the play strangely easy to understand. This is a great book! I reccomend it! The feeling that the people express during the play is amazing. He blends story with reality, in a way that nobody else can. Reading this play was and absolute joy for me! Read it!
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Summary: Stoppard's Unheralded Masterwork
Review: What can you say about Stoppard that hasn't already been said?It's a shame how Rosencrantz and Guildenstern gets the vast majority of the press for Stoppard. Arcadia, though while far more intellectual, is a much superior work. Stoppard is able to work in the two time periods equally well and deftly weaves them together by small threads. As usual, his characterization is excellent, Septimus Hodge especially stands out for me as a complex and very endearing character. The real question is, How much do you have to know about the background topics discussed. Well, a working knowledge of Newtonian physics and Victorian poetry will certainly add to the enjoyment of the work, but as with Stoppard, is not a must. Why they have not given this man the Nobel Prize yet is beyond me. I would highly reccomend picking this book up and giving it a read, Stoppard does not dissapoint
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Summary: Read it once, then read it again
Review: You'll be glad you did. I love this play, but admittedly, I wasn't sure what to make of it the first time I read it. A second reading allowed me to make the connection as to how the scientific theories parallel the overall message and emotion of this play and be amazed at the beauty of its intricacy, as well as its intellect and wit.
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