Arcadia (Conclusion) & England

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Jan. 16, 2010

A crash course in mathematics, landscape gardening, literature, and chaos theory, courtesy of Tom Stoppard. Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals, examining the universe’s influence in our everyday lives and ultimate fates through the relationship between past and present, order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge. Set in an English country house in the years 1809-1812 and 1989, the play compares the lives of two modern scholars and the house's current residents with the lives of those who lived there 180 years earlier. Starring Kate Burton, Mark Capri, Jennifer Dundas, Gregory Itzin, Christopher Neame, David Manis, Peter Paige, Darren Richardson, Kate Steele, Serena Scott Thomas, and Douglas Weston. Features an interview with Ira Nadel, Professor of English at the University of British Columbia, and the author of "Double Act: A Life of Tom Stoppard."

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The show includes an interview with Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University.

In the second hour, LA Theatre Works presents the BBC’s entry in our Worldplay Series: “England” by Tim Crouch, a surprising play about life, art, and transplants. Two art exhibition guides, and one needs a new heart. Can science prevail? And what is the personal cost? Performed by Tim Crouch, Hannah Ringham, Nikki Amuka Bird and Janice Acquah.

Full audio of each play is available on our site for one week following the radio broadcast. After that, the first 15 minutes is available. All LATW plays can be purchased on their Web site: www.latw.org.

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