Arcadia Resources
Websites
The Arcadia Archive
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A wealth of background information on the play, collected by a British teacher.
Chaos, Fractals, and Arcadia
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A guide to the scientific ideas in the play, from the math department of Boston University.
Arcadia Study Guide
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Another guide, this one from Skidmore College.
Tom Stoppard's papers at the Harry Ransom Center
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Includes images of a program from the original production and Stoppard's drafts of the play.
The Life and Work of Lord Byron
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Info on Byron and Caroline Lamb, including links to his poetic greatest hits.
Movie or TV Productions
Original Review of Arcadia
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Short version: he liked it.
Paris Review Interview
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From five years before Arcadia's opening night.
Video
Tom Stoppard Interview
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Stoppard admits to Charlie Rose that he doesn't know what he's talking about. (Skip to 19:30.)
Audio
Art and Science from the BBC
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British radio hosts an Arcadia-inspired discussion of the place of science in drama.
Images
Nicolas Poussin's "Et in Arcadia Ego"
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The painting that encapsulates the Arcadia myth.
Guercino's "Et in Arcadia Ego"
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Different painting, same theme.
Thomas Eakin's "Arcadia"
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And one more painting for good measure.