Characters in Arcadia
― Ladies in 1809-12
LADY THOMASINA COVERLY (THOMASINA). Aged 13, later almost 17. Daughter of the Earl of Croom. A mathematical prodigy, she is close to her tutor Septimus and stops just short of being pert with her Mama. Give Thomasina until age 28 and all Europe will be talking about her.
AUDREY, COUNTESS OF CROOM (LADY CROOM). Thomasina’s Mama, a striking and sexy woman quite in tune with the customs and morals of her time.
― Ladies in the Present
LADY CHLOË COVERLY (CHLOË). Aged about 19. Daughter of the present Earl of Croom and sister of Valentine and Gus. She is clever but no genius, a little unconventional but no classic English eccentric.
HANNAH JARVIS. In her 30s. A smart and considering woman, she writes popular histories with a focus on the early 19th-century Romantics. Currently she is doing the end of Romanticism as reflected in the design and execution of landscape gardens.
― Gentlemen in 1809-12
SEPTIMUS HODGE. Aged 22, later 25. Recent university graduate and Thomasina’s tutor. A man of many talents and considerable virility, he seems to be about 20 minutes behind everyone else.
JELLABY. Middle-aged. The butler, a figure of dignity and discretion.
EZRA CHATER. A bad poet and hothead with a wife who can’t keep her knickers up.
MR. NOAKES. A landscape designer and contractor, a straying disciple of Humphry Repton.
CAPTAIN BRICE of the Royal Navy. Lady Croom’s brother, a highly conventional man with connections and money enough to take the Chaters on expedition to the West Indies.
LORD AUGUSTUS COVERLY (AUGUSTUS). Aged 15, Thomasina’s brother. He is mischievous and curious. One actor will play Augustus (1812) and Gus (present).
― Gentlemen in the Present
BERNARD NIGHTINGALE. About the same age as Hannah. A literature professor in a provincial university, specializing in Lord Byron. He dresses flamboyantly but not ridiculously and has a tendency to go off half-cocked, if that.
LORD VALENTINE COVERLY (VALENTINE). Aged in his late 20s, brother of Chloë and Gus and heir to the Earldom of Croom. A talented mathematician engaged in a data-mining project at the ancestral home.
LORD AUGUSTUS COVERLY (GUS). Aged 15, brother of Chloë and Valentine. He doesn’t speak, but he exerts great influence on Hannah’s research. One actor will play Gus (present) and Augustus (1812).
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