Arc
by Tom Stoppard
Buy on AmazonI love reading plays. Part of the reason I became an actor was that I would read one and think, ‘Ah, it’d be fun to be in that.’ Arcadia is about the discovery of certain theories of physics and math, but it’s also a love story—a sad love story—infused with ideas of early feminism and the Industrial Revolution. The action bounces back and forth between the early 1800s and modern times stylistically and smoothly. And the words are just beautiful. Stoppard has an amazing command of the English...
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"I love reading plays. Part of the reason I became an actor was that I would read one and think, ‘Ah, it’d be fun to be in that.’ Arcadia is about the discovery of certain theories of physics and math, but it’s also a love story—a sad love story—infused with ideas of early feminism and the Industrial Revolution. The action bounces back and forth between the early 1800s and modern times stylistically and smoothly. And the words are just beautiful. Stoppard has an amazing command of the English..."
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