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Stoppard's most prominent plays include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966), Jumpers (1972), Travesties (1974), Night and Day (1978), The Real Thing (1982), Arcadia (1993), The Invention of Love (1997), The Coast of Utopia (2002), Rock 'n' Roll (2006) and Leopoldstadt (2020).
- 1953–present
- Dramatic comedy, Tragicomedy
- 4, including Ed
Apr 12, 2024 · 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.
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On the Razzle (play) Professional Foul. R. The Real Inspector Hound. The Real Thing (play) Rock 'n' Roll (play) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Rough Crossing. Travesties. Undiscovered Country. Categories: English plays by writer. Works by Tom Stoppard.
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Two of Hamlet’s less significant characters – courtiers Rosencrantz and Guildenstern – discuss their confusion at the progression of the events from the wings.
- Arcadia. Two time-periods intersect bringing two philosophies for the characters to discuss: 19th-century romanticism and 20th-century chaos. Stoppard presents some mind-bendingly complex ideas next to story of love, mystery and tragedy.
- The Real Thing. There is no shortage of parallels between Stoppard’s own life and the plot of The Real Thing. For starters, he and the main character Henry are both playwrights in the same time of life, who have long-lasting affairs.
- The Real Inspector Hound. One morning in early spring, a group is gathered in the drawing room of Lady Muldoon’s house. The setting of this one-act comedy is a play-within-a-play, which is itself a parody of an Agatha Christie style whodunnit.
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.
- Zlin, Czechoslovakia
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May 6, 2019 · Tom Stoppard’s (born. 3 July 1937) dramaturgy reveals a cyclical pattern of activity. He tends to explore certain subjects or techniques in several minor works, then creates a major play that integrates the fruits of his earlier trial runs.
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Oct 2, 2022 · 109. A Passover Seder during Tom Stoppard’s harrowing play, “Leopoldstadt,” at the Longacre Theater in Manhattan. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times. By Jesse Green. Oct. 2, 2022....
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