Arcadia (play)
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| Written by | Tom Stoppard |
| Date premiered | 13 April 1993 |
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| Original language | English |
| Subject | History, science, philosophy, mathematics, love, death |
| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Setting | A Derbyshire country estate in both the past (1809, 1812) and "the present" |
Arcadia is a 1993 stage play written by English playwright Tom Stoppard, which explores the relationship between past and present, order and disorder, certainty and uncertainty. It has been praised by many critics as the finest play from "one of the most significant contemporary playwrights" in the English language. In 2006, the Royal Institution of Great Britain named it one of the best science-related works ever written.