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After being educated at schools in Nottingham and Yorkshire, Stoppard became a journalist, a drama critic and then, in 1960, a playwright.
5 days ago · Tom Stoppard, Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter whose work is marked by verbal brilliance, ingenious action, and structural dexterity. His notable plays included Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Arcadia. He also cowrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for Shakespeare in Love.
Feb 22, 2021 · Tom Stoppard’s Charmed and Haunted Life. A new biography enables us to see beneath the intellectual dazzle of the playwright’s work. By Anthony Lane. February 22, 2021. Stoppard’s plays are...
Tom Stoppard was knighted in 1997. He lives in London. His latest plays include Heroes (2005), Rock 'n' Roll (2006) and The Hard Problem (2015). He has written the screenplays for adaptations of Anna Karenina (2012) and Tulip Fever (2014), and co-wrote the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love (1998). Read more.
Sir Tom Stoppard, orig. Tomas Straussler, (born July 3, 1937, Zlín, Czech.), Czech-born British playwright. After living in East Asia with his family during World War II, he moved to England and adopted his stepfather’s surname.
Oct 2, 2022 · Though the Merzes are Viennese, not Czech, Stoppard has acknowledged the autobiographical nature of the play’s source material: all four of his grandparents and three of his mother’s sisters died...
May 27, 2023 · Tom Stoppard on Delving Into His Family History for ‘Leopoldstadt’ and What’s Next: “I Feel That I’m Getting Into Something New” The renowned playwright speaks about seeing himself in his new...
