Arcadia
[United States] : L.A. Theatre Works : Made available through hoopla, 2009.
Format: Eaudiobook
Edition: Unabridged.
Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (2hr., 57 min.)) : digital.
Tom Stoppard's Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals, examining the universe's influence in our everyday lives and ultimate fates through relationship between past and present, order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge. Set in an English country house in the year 1809-1812 and 1989, the play examines the lives of two modern scholars and the house's current residents with the lives of those who lived there 180 years earlier. The New York Times calls Arcadia: "Tom Stoppard's richest, most ravishing comedy to date. A play of wit, intellect, language, brio and emotion," and The Royal Institution of Great Britain calls it: "the best science book ever written."Includes an interview with Steven Strogatz, the author of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos and professor at the Cornell University School of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Kate Burton as HannahMark Capri as ChaterJennifer Dundas as ThomasinaGregory Itzin as Bernard NightingaleDavid Manis as Cpt. BriceChristopher Neame as Noakes and JellabyPeter Paige as ValentineDarren Richardson as AugustusKate Steele as ChloeSerena Scott Thomas as Lady CroomDouglas Weston as SeptimusDirected by John Rubinstein. Recorded at the Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.Arcadia is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.
Other Authors:
Burton, Kate.
Itzin, Gregory.
Capri, Mark.
Dundas, Jennifer.
Manis, David.
Neame, Christopher, 1947-
Paige, Peter, 1968-
Richardson, Darren.
Rubinstein, John, 1946-
Steele, Kate.
Scott Thomas, Serena.
Weston, Douglas.
hoopla digital.
Burton, Kate.
Itzin, Gregory.
Capri, Mark.
Dundas, Jennifer.
Manis, David.
Neame, Christopher, 1947-
Paige, Peter, 1968-
Richardson, Darren.
Rubinstein, John, 1946-
Steele, Kate.
Scott Thomas, Serena.
Weston, Douglas.
hoopla digital.
Subjects:
English drama -- 20th century.
Mathematics -- Philosophy -- Drama.
English drama (Comedy)
Radio plays.
English drama -- 20th century.
Mathematics -- Philosophy -- Drama.
English drama (Comedy)
Radio plays.
ISBN:
9781580815970 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
Electronic resource.
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Kate Burton, Gregory Itzin, Mark Capri, Jennifer Dundas, David Manis, Christopher Neame, Peter Paige, Darren Richardson, Kate Steele, Serena Scott Thomas, Douglas Weston.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Digital content provided by hoopla.
Kate Burton, Gregory Itzin, Mark Capri, Jennifer Dundas, David Manis, Christopher Neame, Peter Paige, Darren Richardson, Kate Steele, Serena Scott Thomas, Douglas Weston.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.