Words on Plays: Insight into the Play , the Playwright, and the Production (link) Characters, Cast, and Synopsis 1 Every Beautiful Thread 6 Bringing the Wild In (Scenery) 14 Balancing Silhouettes 18 Brief Biography of Tom Stoppard 22 Chaos in Arcadia 25 Geometry and the Garden 30 Romanticism: Free and Individual 33 Lord Byron: A Life Well Lived 38 An Arcadia Glossary 44 Arcadia Correspondence 57 Questions to Consider 60