Arcadia: A Play by Tom Stoppard Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Arcadia: A Play
Book Review: Arcadia: A Play with reader's notes
Summary: 2 Stars
I received this in a timely manner but there are a lot of notes written in ink throughout. I think this should have been mentioned.Book Review: Arcadia; a metaphor for itself
Summary: 5 Stars
Let's get my bias out of the way: I believe Tom Stoppard to be the greatest writer of our time. He is brilliant in way that most of us cannot even comprehend, let alone begin to achieve, and I'll argue that Arcadia reflects Tom Stoppard's brilliance at its brightest.The entire play is a metaphor of its own plot, and every sentence and stage direction reflects that. Nothing can be taken for granted, nothing unecessary is included, and the result is one of the most finely crafted pieces of stage writing I have encountered. Every time I read Arcadia (or see it performed) I discover layer upon layer of meaning of which I had previously been unaware.
Anyone who appreciates the clever will fall in love with Arcadia.
Book Review: Brilliant and heartbreakingly beautiful
Summary: 5 Stars
Arcadia is a masterpiece!Only Stoppard could weave modern physics, classical literature, piercing wit, sensuous history, astounding absurdities, and sparkling innocence into a web so fresh, so complex, so deeply touching as to open a doorway into the hidden engine-rooms under the world.
I say none of this lightly. I have read many plays and none have succeeded in moving me--mind, body, and soul--the way Arcadia has.
Let the intellectual acrobatics wash over you if that is not your cup of tea, but read it, nonetheless.
Book Review: Brilliant piece of work
Summary: 5 Stars
I truly believe this is the best play, or work of any type of fiction, that I have ever read. Stoppard combines elements of science, drama, time and love to form a brilliant play. I got so caught up in it I couldn't put it down until I was done. And when I finished I read it again. This play weaves so many elements into it that each reading holds a new surprise.Book Review: Can science rationalize the human heart?
Summary: 5 Stars
At times hilarious and tragic, this play explores themes of history, literature, love and death. Two scholars examine the lives of the Chater family as well as their involvement with Lord Byron, all while looking at modern mathematics and physics. A thought-provoking look at how we make history and how science can ascertain most things, but cannot "predict if it will rain three Sundays from now."