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This story moves back and forth between 1809 and the present at the elegant estate owned by the Coverly family. The 1809 scenes reveal a household in transition. As the Arcadian landscape is being transformed into picturesque Gothic gardens, complete with a hermitage, thirteen year old Lady Thomasina and her tutor delve into intellectual and romantic issues. Present day scenes depict the Coverly descendants and two competing scholars who are researching a possible scandal at the estate in 1809 involving Lord Byron. This brilliant play explores the nature of evidence and truth in the context of modern ideas about history, mathematics and physics. It shows how scholars interpret the clues left by the past. (Produced by Special Arrangements with Samuel French, Inc.)
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