The Coast of Utopia
trilogy by Stoppard
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The Coast of Utopia is a trilogy of plays by Tom Stoppard, first performed in 2002. The trilogy, comprising Voyage, Shipwreck, and Salvage, explores the lives and intellectual debates of a group of 19th-century Russian émigré intellectuals. Stoppard is known for his verbal brilliance and structural dexterity in his works. The term "utopia" itself, meaning "no place," was popularized by Sir Thomas More's 1516 work Utopia, which also contained early examples of utopian poetry.12
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