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The Coast of Utopia

Full-Length Play, Drama

Tom Stoppard

This epic but intimate drama of romantics and revolutionaries in an age of emperors, comprises three sequential but self-contained plays, Voyage, Shipwreck and Salvage.

The Coast of Utopia

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    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)
Accolades
Accolades
  • Nominee: 2003 Olivier Award for Best New Play

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This epic but intimate drama of romantics and revolutionaries in an age of emperors, comprises three sequential but self-contained plays, Voyage, Shipwreck and Salvage. Set in the tumultuous years between 1833 and 1866 in Russia and Europe, the trilogy spans the lives of a group of friends who come of age under the Tsarist autocracy of Nicholas I. This collected edition has been revised for the American premiere in New York in 2006 where it won seven Tony awards. May be performed separately: see the individual entries for Voyage, Shipwreck and Salvage.
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Large cast.

  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard’s most recent play, The Hard Problem, opened at the National Theatre in 2015. He wrote his first play, Enter a Free Man, whilst working as a journalist in Bristol. His plays include Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, After Magritte, ...

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