Editing Arcadia (play) (section)

==Productions==
[[File:ArcadiaPoster.jpg|right|thumb|135px|Poster, by [[James McMullan]], for the [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts|Lincoln Center]] 1995 production]] ''Arcadia'' first opened at the [[Royal National Theatre]] in London on 13 April 1993, in a production directed by [[Trevor Nunn]] with [[Rufus Sewell]] as Septimus Hodge,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Roles&id=ROLE119142|title=National Theatre Archive|access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref> [[Felicity Kendal]] as Hannah Jarvis, [[Bill Nighy]] as Bernard Nightingale, [[Emma Fielding]] as Thomasina Coverly, Allan Mitchell as Jellaby,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Roles&id=ROLE119143|title=National Theatre Archive|access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref> Derek Hutchinson as Ezra Chater, [[Sidney Livingstone]] as Richard Noakes,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Roles&id=ROLE119145|title=National Theatre Archive|access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref> [[Harriet Walter]] as Lady Croom, Graham Sinclair as Captain Brice, Harriet Harrison as Chloe Coverly, [[Tim Matthews (actor)|Timothy Matthews]] as Augustus and Gus Coverly and [[Samuel West]] as Valentine Coverly. It won the 1993 [[Olivier Award|Olivier]] and [[Evening Standard Award]]s for Best Play.<ref>[http://www.albemarle-london.com/awards/AwardWinners.php?Award_Type=Evening%20Standard%20Awards&Year=1993 Evening Standard Award] Retrieved on 8 October 2009  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504091559/http://www.albemarle-london.com/awards/AwardWinners.php?Award_Type=Evening+Standard+Awards&Year=1993 |date= 4 May 2012 }}</ref>

The first New York production opened in March 1995, at the [[Vivian Beaumont Theater]].<ref name="canbynyt" /> It was again directed by [[Trevor Nunn]], but with an entirely new cast. It starred [[Billy Crudup]] as Septimus, [[Blair Brown]] as Hannah, [[Victor Garber]] as Bernard, [[Robert Sean Leonard]] as Valentine and [[Jennifer Dundas]] as Thomasina. This production was the Broadway debut of [[Paul Giamatti]], who played Ezra Chater. The other actors were [[Lisa Banes]] (Lady Croom), Richard Clarke (Jellaby), John Griffin (Gus/Augustus), Peter Maloney (Noakes), David Manis (Captain Brice, RN) and [[Haviland Morris]] (Chloe). This production won the [[New York Drama Critics' Circle]] Award, and was nominated for the 1995 [[Tony Award]] for Best Play, losing to [[Terrence McNally]]'s ''[[Love! Valour! Compassion!]]''.

In December 1996, the first major US regional production was mounted at the [[Arena Stage]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/theater/reviews/arcadia.htm|title=Stoppard's Coolly Clever 'Arcadia'|last=Rose|first=Lloyd|author-link=Lloyd Rose|date=20 December 1996|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=23 June 2012}}</ref>

On 27 May 2009, a London production, directed by [[David Leveaux]], opened at the [[Duke of York's Theatre]] starring [[Dan Stevens]] (Septimus Hodge), [[Samantha Bond]] (Hannah Jarvis), [[Jessie Cave]] (Thomasina Coverly), [[Nancy Carroll (British actress)|Nancy Carroll]] (Lady Croom), [[Trevor Cooper]] (Richard Noakes), [[Sam Cox (actor)|Sam Cox]] (Jellaby), [[Lucy Griffiths (actress, born 1986)|Lucy Griffiths]] (Chloë Coverly), Tom Hodgkins (Captain Brice), [[Hugh Mitchell (actor)|Hugh Mitchell]] (Augustus/Gus Coverly), [[Neil Pearson]] (Bernard Nightingale), George Potts (Ezra Chater) and [[Ed Stoppard]] (Valentine Coverly). The production recouped its costs and closed on 12 September 2009.<ref>It was produced by [[Sonia Friedman]].[http://broadwayworld.com/article/ARCADIA_Recoups_Production_Costs_Finishes_Run_Sept_12_20090806  ''Arcadia'' Recoups Production Costs, Finishes Run Sept 12]</ref>

''Arcadia'' returned to Broadway, at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]], on 17 March 2011, again directed by David Leveaux. The cast included [[Margaret Colin]] (Lady Croom), [[Billy Crudup]] (Septimus in the original Broadway version, now playing Bernard Nightingale), [[Raúl Esparza]] (Valentine Coverly), Glenn Fleshler (Captain Brice), [[Grace Gummer]] (Chloë Coverly), Edward James Hyland (Jellaby), Byron Jennings (Richard Noakes), [[Bel Powley]] (Thomasina Coverly), [[Tom Riley (actor)|Tom Riley]] (Septimus Hodge), [[Noah Robbins]] (Gus Coverly/Augustus Coverly), David Turner (Ezra Chater), and [[Lia Williams]] (Hannah Jarvis).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/Crudup_Esparza_Williams_More_to_Star_in_ARCADIA_Begins_at_Barrymore_Theatre_on_Feb_25_20101229_page2|title=Crudup, Esparza, Williams & More to Star in ARCADIA; Begins at Barrymore Theatre on 25 Feb.|date=29 December 2010|work=Broadwayworld.com|access-date=13 March 2011}}</ref> The production was nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150437-2011-Tony-Nominations-Announced-Book-of-Mormon-Earns-14-Nominations |title=2011 Tony Nominations Announced; Book of Mormon Earns 14 Nominations |date=3 May 2011 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2 June 2011  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914233343/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150437-2011-Tony-Nominations-Announced-Book-of-Mormon-Earns-14-Nominations |archive-date=14 September 2011 }}</ref>