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Friday, July 12, 2013
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Thomasina Coverly
Septimus Hodge
Hannah Jarvis
Bernard Nightingale
Valentine Coverly
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Bernard Nightingale
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Characters!
The Characters
19th Century Characters
Thomasina Coverly
Aged 13, then 16. She is the child of Lord and Lady Croom. She has a shockingly clear understanding of chaos theory and also theorizes the second law of thermodynamics with unusual ease. Although she is well beyond her years in terms of intelligence, she is still a child with a sense of innocence, humour and curiosity.
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| Thomasina (left) and Septimus (right) |
Septimus Hodge
Aged 22, then 25. He is the tutor of Thomasina Coverly. As an academic, he is continuously working on his own research along with teaching Thomasina. He has a certain charm and a stream of witty responses when interacting with others.
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| Who wouldn't want him as a tutor? |
Ezra Chater
Aged 31. A unsuccessful poet and an amateur botanist. His wife's countless affairs lead him to challenge Septimus - however his character lacks willpower, and he barely resists when the others push him to do something.
Lady Croom
Mid-thirties. The mother of Thomasina and the wife of Lord Croom. As the lady of the house, she rules the Coverly estate with authority. There is a good deal of flirtation between her and Septimus (as well as other gentlemen) throughout the play.
Captain Brice
Mid-thirties. He is the brother of Lady Croom and a sea captain in the Royal Navy. He falls in love with the frivolous Mrs.Chater.
Richard Noakes
Middle-aged. He is a landscape architect and is working on transforming the classical, Arcadia-like landscape of Sidley Park into the Gothic style popular at the time. He is the source of gossip as he likes to know the deeds of everybody in the house.
Jellaby
Middle-aged. A butler of Lord and Lady Croom's house. Sly and nosy, he makes it his business to find out about the personal lives of the other characters. However, he keeps a professional exterior when dealing with his employers.
Augustus Coverly
Aged 15. He is Thomasina’s unruly younger brother. He is a cheeky, undisciplined character as he teases Thomasina and questions Septimus about life and love. Played by the same actor who plays Gus Coverly.
Present Day Characters
Hannah Jarvis
In her late thirties, Hannah is an author, feminist and literary scholar who has sacrificed a social life for her work on the hermit of Sidley Park. She joins forces with Bernard Nightingale to put together the pieces of the early 19th century. She is somewhat of a voice of reason for the other characters. She has already written a highly acclaimed book on the life of Lord Byron and continues to untangle the mystery of Sidley Park.
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| An apple a day keeps the doctor away. |
Bernard Nightingale
In his late thirties, Bernard is a sharply-dressed don, academic and writer whose field of work is literature of the early 19th century; he specializes in the life and work of Lord Byron. He evades the truth for fame and recognition as he attempts to prove that Lord Byron killed Ezra Chater.
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| Hannah (left) and Bernard (right) |
Valentine Coverly
Aged 25-30. The son of the Coverly Estate. A graduate studying mathematics, who spends his time untangling Thomasina’s diagrams and research. He has an unrequited crush on Hannah Jarvis.
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| Nerd alert! |
Chloe Coverly
Aged 18. She is the daughter of the present owner of Sidley Park. She is a modern day version of Thomasina, harbouring similar qualities like her curiosity and some of her intelligence. She argues that a Newtonian universe would be destroyed by the random nature of sexual acts.
Gus Coverly
Aged 15. Gus Coverly is the self-elected mute son of Sidley Park in present day. He is extremely shy and in love with Hannah Jarvis. Played by the same actor who plays Augustus Coverly.
Welcome to the HELP A Level's 2013 Drama Production!
Every year, HELP A Levels holds a drama production for three days in December. This year, we will be performing Tom Stoppard's Arcadia!
What does the word Arcadia mean anyway?
"Arcadia" is a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness. Arcadia is associated with bountiful natural splendor, harmony, and is often inhabited by shepherds. Commonly thought of as being in line with Utopian ideals, Arcadia differs from that tradition in that it is more often specifically regarded as unattainable. Furthermore, it is seen as a lost, Edenic form of life, in contrast to the progressive nature of Utopian desires.
What is Arcadia, the Play, about?
What does the word Arcadia mean anyway?
"Arcadia" is a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness. Arcadia is associated with bountiful natural splendor, harmony, and is often inhabited by shepherds. Commonly thought of as being in line with Utopian ideals, Arcadia differs from that tradition in that it is more often specifically regarded as unattainable. Furthermore, it is seen as a lost, Edenic form of life, in contrast to the progressive nature of Utopian desires.
What is Arcadia, the Play, about?
Arcadia is set in Sidley Park, an English country house, in
both the years 1809–1812 and the present day. The activities of two modern scholars and the house's
current residents are juxtaposed with the lives of those who lived there
180 years earlier.
In 1809, Thomasina Coverly, the daughter of the house, is a precocious teenager with ideas about mathematics well ahead of her time. She studies with her tutor Septimus Hodge, a friend of Lord Byron who is an unseen guest in the house.
In the present, a writer and an academic converge on the house: Hannah Jarvis, the writer, is investigating a hermit who once lived on the grounds; Bernard Nightingale, a professor of literature, is investigating a mysterious chapter in the life of Byron. As their investigations unfold, helped by Valentine Coverly, a post-graduate student in mathematical biology, the truth about what happened in Thomasina's lifetime is gradually revealed.
In 1809, Thomasina Coverly, the daughter of the house, is a precocious teenager with ideas about mathematics well ahead of her time. She studies with her tutor Septimus Hodge, a friend of Lord Byron who is an unseen guest in the house.
In the present, a writer and an academic converge on the house: Hannah Jarvis, the writer, is investigating a hermit who once lived on the grounds; Bernard Nightingale, a professor of literature, is investigating a mysterious chapter in the life of Byron. As their investigations unfold, helped by Valentine Coverly, a post-graduate student in mathematical biology, the truth about what happened in Thomasina's lifetime is gradually revealed.
"Most of the characters are so brilliant or academic, so immersed in their intellectual pursuits that you'd expect to be bored to tears--but Stoppard makes them engaging, endearing, human and hysterical without turning them into caricatures. There's a big pile of science in it coupled with raw, unanswerable emotion, and it's an amazing combination."
"If I were stranded on a desert island and I could only take 5 books with me - this would be one of them even though it's a play. Because then, when the books lose their verve, I can play all of the various parts in Arcadia and spend my remaining sun-addled days speaking with Septimus in Sidley Park."
(As quoted from comments in www.goodreads.com)
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