My favourite Stoppard, I think - smart, clever, a crash course in some arcane subjects, very moving. It's not super ideal for radio because it's hard to capture the use of the space for different time periods and silent characters such as Gus; if you didn't know the play I imagine this would be hard to follow.
Love the unseen Mrs Chater, her seen husband, the blustering academic who cares more for fame than accuracy, and most of all the achingly beautitful ending, Septimus and Thomasina dancing, unaware that tomorrow she will be dead and he will be so crushed he becomes a hermit.
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