Set in an English country house in 1809 and in 1989, this play examines the lives of two modern scholars and the house's current residents, with the lives of those who lived 180 years earlier. Merging science with human ideals, Stoppard examines the universe's influence in our fates through relationships of past and present, order and disorder, and the certainty of knowledge. Winner of a Listen Up Award from Publishers Weekly. "As usual with Stoppard, the dialogue sparkles, and more lurks under the text than on its surface."—AudioFile