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Introduction: text and contexts Stoppard's theatre: the comedy of ideas A theatre of ideas The seduction of science in stoppard's drama Arcadia: a comedy of wit and (mis)interpretation Romantic revolutions in art and science A shared revolution in art and science: from order to chaos Arcadia's characters Representing time: newtonian time, irreversible time, pastoral time The intertextual stage Quoting and rewriting Translation and textuality Spatial, textual and temporal palimpsests Science as Metaphor The effects of scientific discourse on stage "the action of bodies in heat:" scientific metaphors for dramatic action "plotting" and "iterating:" scientific metaphors for dramatic form The dynamics of Desire Body and mind: libido sentiendi, libido sciendi Visual desires Et in arcadia ego: a tragic ending? The hermeneutic game Engaging the audience: a "whowroteit" Providing the answers: spectator involvement or authorial control? Physical interferences: the tortoise and the apple Conclusion

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