biography
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Stoppard, Sir Tom
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originally Tomas Straussler
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| lived:
| (1937– )
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| biography:
| Playwright, born in Zlín, SE Czech Republic of Czech parents. He lived in Singapore, moving with his family to England in 1946, where he was educated. In 1960 he went to London as a freelance journalist and theatre critic, and wrote radio plays. He made his name with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1967, Tony). Other plays include the philosophical satire Jumpers (1972), Travesties (1974, Tony), The Real Thing (1982, Tony), Hapgood (1988), Arcadia (1993), Indian Ink (1995), The Invention of Love (1997), and the trilogy The Coast of Utopia (2002). He has also written a novel, Lord Malquist and Mr Moon (1966), as well as several short stories. His television plays include Professional Foul (1977) and Squaring the Circle (1984), and his screenplays include Empire of the Sun (1987) and Shakespeare in Love (1998). He was married to Miriam Stoppard (divorced, 1992). He received a knighthood in 1997. |
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