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The praise for Sir Tom Stoppard's masterpiece "Arcadia" could not be more effusive. A reviewer from "The Daily Telegraph" gushed, "I have never left a play more convinced that I had just witnessed a masterpiece." Whereas "The Independent" wondered if it might be "the greatest play of its time." The reason for such enthusiasm might be found in Stoppard's uncanny blend of brainy discussion and down-to-earth emotion. In this play alive with ideas -- about Byron, entropy, history and heat -- the human characters are never lost or diminished, but somehow made more real by their participation in a conversation that seems to span centuries. Set in a sprawling English country house, "Arcadia" moves between the 19th century and the present through a series of love stories, while characters from both eras discover connections, unearth mysteries and unravel hidden truths. Artistic Director Carey Perloff helms the American Conservatory Theater's dazzling new production of this modern-day masterwork.