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Tom Stoppard
Sir Tom Stoppard was a British playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covered the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical bases of society. Stoppard, a playwright of the Royal National Theatre, was one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his…
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culture · British playwright (1937–2025) · playwright · screenwriter · journalist · film director · translator · writer · theatre critic · film screenwriter · also Tom Stoppard, Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE, Tomáš Sträussler, Stoppard
Born 3 July 1937 · Died 29 November 2025 · Q294773
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2026· 9 entries
“I felt close to his character when I was writing the play in ways which made me feel better - and worse - about myself. He had a terror of violence, and didn”
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“I met elderly Indian people who had regret for the days of the Raj. So I”
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“Chekhov was capable of casually tossing off deplorable comments in his letters, combined with a very modern anger against antisemitism. It”
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“What he did have time for... was the individual over the collective, the actual over the theoretical. What he detested was the conceit that future bliss justified present sacrifice and bloodshed. The future, said Herzen, was the offspring of accident and wilfulness. There was no libretto or destination, and there was always as much in front as behind.”
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“If enough things that are untrue are said about you, no one will know what really is true.”
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2025· 13 entries
NPR: What made playwright Tom Stoppard so singular
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Yahoo: Inside Tom Stoppard’s Hidden Lucasfilm Contributions
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Los Angeles Times: Appreciation: Tom Stoppard reinvigorated the comedy of ideas
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Yahoo: Tony-winning playwright Tom Stoppard dead at 88
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Vulture: Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright, Dead at 88
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Rolling Stone: Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright and Screenwriter, Dead at 88
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Newsweek: Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright, Dies at 88
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AOL: Tom Stoppard, Oscar-winning “Shakespeare in Love ”screenwriter and legendary playwright, dies at 88
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IndieWire: Tom Stoppard, Brilliant Playwright and Oscar-Winning Screenwriter, Dead at 88
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Died 2025-11-29.
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“I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.”
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“Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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“It seems pointless to be quoted if one isn't going to be quotable … it's better to be quotable than honest.”
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2023· 1 entry
Awarded Tony Award for Best Play for Leopoldstadt (2023).
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2014· 1 entry
Stoppard publicly backed "Hacked Off" and its campaign towards press self-regulation by "safeguarding the press from political interference while also giving vital protection to the vulnerable"
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2013· 3 entries
Awarded Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement (2013).
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Awarded PEN Pinter Prize (2013).
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Stoppard asked Hermione Lee to write his biography
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2012· 2 entries
“s End, which revolves around a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette. The series premiered on BBC Two, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall. The series received widespread acclaim from critics with The Independent”
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Stoppard wrote a five-part limited series for television, Parade's End, which revolves around a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded Praemium Imperiale (2009).
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded Dan David Prize (2008).
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The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 11 in their list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture"
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2007· 1 entry
Stoppard described himself as a "timid libertarian"
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2006· 1 entry
It made its Broadway premiere in a production starring Billy Crudup, Jennifer Ehle, and Ethan Hawke
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2004· 1 entry
Won Bodley Medal (2004).
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2002· 2 entries
And vice-president in 2017 following the election of Sir Tim Rice as president
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At the National Theatre, directed by Trevor Nunn; its total length spanned nine hours
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Merit (2000).
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay for Shakespeare in Love (1999).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Shakespeare in Love (1999).
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1998· 1 entry
Following the deaths of his parents, he returned to Zlín for the first time in more than 50 years
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Bachelor (1997).
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1993· 1 entry
Stoppard wrote Arcadia, a play in which he explores the interaction between two modern academics and the residents of a Derbyshire country house in the early 19th century, including aristocrats, tutors and the fleeting p
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1988· 1 entry
And later transferred to The Duke of York's Theatre, London
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1985· 1 entry
Stoppard co-wrote Brazil, a satirical science-fiction dark comedy film, with Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown
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1984· 1 entry
Directed by Mike Nichols, starring Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close, with Christine Baranski in a supporting role
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1983· 1 entry
Under the Charter 77 Foundation and is awarded to authors of Czech origin
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1982· 1 entry
Stoppard premiered his play The Real Thing
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1979· 1 entry
The year of Margaret Thatcher's election, Stoppard noted to Paul Delaney: "I'm a conservative with a small c
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1978).
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1972· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1972).
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1964· 1 entry
A Ford Foundation grant enabled Stoppard to spend five months writing in a Berlin mansion, emerging with a one-act play titled Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Meet King Lear, which later evolved into his Tony-winning play R
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1963· 1 entry
And re-written as Enter a Free Man in 1968
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1945· 1 entry
His mother married Kenneth Stoppard, a major in the British Army
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1941· 1 entry
When Tomáš was five, he, his brother Petr, and their mother were evacuated to Darjeeling, India
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1937· 1 entry
Born 1937-07-03.
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