This Week in Literary History: Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia Premieres in London
Culture Index
Score Breakdown
Relevance
3/25
Freshness
25/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
11/15
Depth
3/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Literary History newsletter—sign up here. On April 13, 1993, Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia—a play now considered to be his masterpiece—opened at the Royal National Theatre in London, in a production directed by Trevor Nunn and starring, among


