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A14

Tom Stoppard – Arcadia

A14 a. UK Edition

1a. First Edition Hardback

Faber and Faber. Published 10^th May 1993. Hardback. White endpapers, 1 blank, half-title, title, [i], 97 pages numbered 1-97, 3 blanks. Pages 196mm x 123mm. Dark green cloth; down spine in white: ‘(ff logo) TOM STOPPARD Arcadia’.

Dustjacket. 452mm x 203mm. Front: on a white background a geometric patterned border in pine green, mantis green and white; in the centre in black ‘(ff logo) | TOM STOPPARD | Arcadia’, with below a colour photograph of the water gardens at a stately home. ISBN 0-571-16933-3. Price on front flap £9.99 / Canada $19.99.

1b. First Edition Paperback

Faber and Faber. Published 10^th May 1993. Paperback. 1 blank, half-title, title, [i], 97 pages numbered 1-97, 3 blanks. Pages 196mm x 123mm. Front: on a white background a geometric patterned border in pine green, mantis green and white; in the centre in black ‘(ff logo) | TOM STOPPARD | Arcadia’, with below a colour photograph of the water gardens at a stately home. ISBN 0-571-16934-1. Price on back cover £4.99 / Canada $10.99.

2. Paperback Reprint with Corrections

Faber and Faber. Published 1993. Paperback. 1 blank, half-title, title, [i], 97 pages numbered 1-97, 3 blanks. Pages 196mm x 123mm. Front: on a white background a geometric patterned border in pine green, mantis green and white; in the centre in black ‘(ff logo) | TOM STOPPARD | Arcadia’, with below a colour photograph of the water gardens at a stately home. ISBN 0-571-16934-1. Price on back cover £5.99 / Canada $11.99.

Note 1: This “corrected” edition includes Stoppard’s revisions to the text and was published in the second half of 1993. It was followed by numerous reprints but without further revisions.

3. Acting Edition

Samuel French Ltd. Published 1993. Paperback. Half-title, title, [i], 85 pages numbered 1-85, [iii], 1 blank. Pages 215mm x 136mm. Front: pale blue; in the centre in black on white a graphical representation of a compass with cherubs and an hour glass; at an angle ‘A play | Arcadia | Tom Stoppard’, and at the bottom in black ‘SAMUEL FRENCH’. ISBN 0-573-01718-2.

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A14 b. USA Edition

1. First Edition

Note 2: This appears to be the same as the UK ‘reprint with corrections’ but there are key points of difference: the USA price of $8.95 on the back cover, the publication data page has a reference to the Library of Congress and the additional line of text “Printed in the United States of America”. The paper quality is noticeably better than the UK edition.

Note 3: Later USA editions appear to be the same but with only $US price on the back cover. From about the 6^th impression onwards the publication data page notes that the publisher Faber is “an affiliate of Farrar, Strauss Giroux”. Earlier ones just refer to Faber.

2. Fireside Theatre Edition

Faber and Faber. Published 1993. Hardback. White endpapers, 1 blank, half-title, title, [i], 97 pages numbered 1-97, 3 blanks. Pages 208mm x 133mm. Peach paper covered boards quarter bound with dark green tape; down spine in gilt: ‘ARCADIA BY TOM STOPPARD (The Fireside Theatre logo)’.

Dustjacket. 504mm x 215mm. Front: purple with in the centre a watercolour of a couple in Regency costume dancing above a pastoral scene; above in white ‘ARCADIA’ and below in white ‘TOM STOPPARD’. ISBN 1-56865-137-6.

3. Acting Edition

Samuel French Inc. Published 1995. Paperback. Title, [ii], 97 pages numbered 1-97, [iv]. Pages 194mm x 121mm. Front: very pale blue with in black ‘Arcadia | A PLAY IN TWO ACTS | by | TOM STOPPARD | (rampant lion logo) | Samuel French, Inc.’. ISBN 0-573-69566-0.

4. Arion Press Edition

Arion Press. Published 2001. Hardback. White endpapers: affixed to the front and rear pastedowns are four foldout watercolours by William Matthews showing views of Sidley Park (the setting of the play) at different key dates; [i] note to the reader, 2 blanks, half-title, title, [vi] author’s note, introduction and cast, 114 pages numbered 1-114, [i] limitation page, 2 blanks, [i] note to the reader (repeated). Pages 279mm x 352mm. Dark green textured cloth; a green paper label on the front with ‘ARCADIA’ in dark green and a similar but smaller label on the spine. No ISBN.

Slipcase. Green paper covered sides with dark green textured cloth around the edges. On the spine a green paper label with ‘ARCADIA’ in dark green.

Note: This edition was limited to 400 numbered and 26 lettered copies. Each copy signed by Tom Stoppard and William Matthews.

5. Cast Recording

LA Theatre Works. 3 CD set released 2008. A cast recording of the LATW 2008 production of Arcadia as part of their Relativity Series.

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