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Arcadia takes us back and forth between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ranging over the nature of truth and time, the difference between the Classical and the Romantic temperament, and the disruptive influence of sex on our orbits in life. Focusing on the mysteries--romantic, scientific, literary--that engage the minds and hearts of characters whose passions and lives intersect across scientific planes and centuries, it is "Stoppard's richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio and . . . emotion. It's like a dream of levitation: you're instantaneously aloft, soaring, banking, doing loop-the-loops and then, when you think you're about to plummet to earth, swooping to a gentle touchdown of not easily described sweetness and sorrow . . . Exhilarating" (Vincent Canby, The New York Times).

Traduction personnelle :

Arcadia nous emmène tour à tour au 19e siècle et au 20e siècle, abordant la nature de la vérité et du temps, la différence entre le tempérament classique et celui romantique, et l'influence perturbatrice du sexe sur les orbites de nos vies. La pièce se concentre sur les mystères (romantiques, scientifiques, littéraires) sur lesquels se penchent les esprits et les coeurs des personnages, dont les passions et les vies s'entrecroisent à travers les domaines scientifiques et les siècles. C'est "la comédie de Stoppard la plus riche, la plus enchanteresse à ce jour, une pièce de théâtre d'esprit, d'intelligence, de langage, de brio et... d'émotion. C'est comme un rêve de lévitation : vous planez instantanément, vous vous élancez, vous tournez, vous faites des loopings, et quand vous pensez que vous allez vous écraser sur le sol, vous plongez vers un atterrissage en douceur de tendresse et de tristesse difficiles à décrire... C'est exaltant" (Vincent Canby, The New York Times).

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is a play which, as it were, takes place in the wings of Hamlet, and finds both humour and poignancy in the situation of the ill-fated attendant lords.

The National Theatre production in April 1967 made Tom Stoppard's reputation virtually overnight. Its wit, stagecraft and verbal verve remain as exhilarating as they were then and the play has become a contemporary classic.

Plagued by debt, tormented by writer’s block and in desperate need of a new hit, promising new playwright Will Shakespeare finds his muse in the form of passionate young noblewoman Viola De Lesseps. Their forbidden love soon draws everyone, including Queen Elizabeth, into the drama, and inspires Will to write the greatest love story of all time: Romeo and Juliet. Based on the Oscar-winning screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare in Love has been deftly adapted for the stage by Lee Hall and has been playing to rave reviews and a sold-out theatre at the Noël Coward in London. The London production is directed by Declan Donnellan and designed by Nick Ormerod, the driving force behind the world-renowned theatre company, Cheek by Jowl. A Broadway transfer is planned for Spring 2015.