Tom Stoppard: A Life

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Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee: 4. Arcadia

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4. Arcadia

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Sir Tom creates his mid-life play, Arcadia.

Tom Stoppard writes his country house play Arcadia about mathematics, history, love and death. Read by Alex Jennings.

Tom Stoppard's moving mid-life play, Arcadia, premieres at London's National Theatre in 1993.

Since 1964, he's been writing for the theatre, big screen, TV and radio. His plays are among the most studied of the last century.

Among the giants of British theatre - in Hermione Lee's evocative and immersive biography, we come to know the man and his work.

Read by Alex Jennings.

Abridged by Katrin Williams

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2020.

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Alex Jennings reads this vivid new biography of one of theatre's leading playwrights.

Alex Jennings reads Hermione Lee's vivid new biography of one of theatre's leading playwrights.

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