Arcadia is set in April 1809 in a stately home in Derbyshire. Thomasina, a gifted pupil, proposes a startling theory, beyond her comprehension. All around her, the adults, including her tutor Septimus ...

A new London production of the playwright’s masterpiece has extra poignancy just months after his death. By Houman Barekat Reviewing from London In the ethereal closing scene of Tom Stoppard’s ...

And so it is with the output of a writer whose death we mourn but who was at his absolute peak with a play that forms part of a breadth of work (make that "stock") which looks unlikely to be ...

This prodigious, teemingly intelligent, breezily witty 1993 play by Tom Stoppard packs in more challenging matter than most writers would attempt in a lifetime but has the seeming effortlessness of ...

Arcadia is a dizzying piece of work, as broad as the universe and as self-contained as a jigsaw puzzle. Through it Tom Stoppard addresses some of humanity’s great questions: do we have free will?

The playwright Tom Stoppard, who penned shows including Arcadia and Travesties and the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love, died last week. The world lost its most celebrated modern playwright over ...

Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia is a truly marvellous play, full of wit, wisdom and a rare warmth. Seeing it revived so soon after his death at the age of 88 in November is a reminder of just what great ...