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Tom Stoppard

Born 3 July 1937 (1937-07-03) (age 70)
Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Pen name William Boot (as a theatre critic)
Occupation Playwright and screenwriter
Nationality British
Genres dramatic comedy
Subjects various, clever wordplay, quick-cut banter[1]
Influences

Sir Tom Stoppard, OM, CBE (born as Tomáš Straussler on 3 July 1937)[1] is a British Academy Award winning screenwriter and Tony Award winning playwright. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is on the city See also Zlin aircraft brand Zlín (zliːn formerly Gottwaldov ('gotvaldof is a city in the Zlín Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a Pseudonym adopted by an Author or their publishers to conceal their identity Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction Henry James, OM ( –) son of theologian Henry James Sr, brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 &ndash 13 January 1941 was an Irish expatriate writer widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989 was an Irish Writer, Dramatist and poet The Order of Merit is a British and Commonwealth Order bestowed by the Monarch. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. [1] Born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia, he is famous for plays such as The Coast of Utopia,[2] Arcadia, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Rock 'N' Roll, and also for co-writing screenplays for Brazil and Shakespeare in Love. This article is on the city See also Zlin aircraft brand Zlín (zliːn formerly Gottwaldov ('gotvaldof is a city in the Zlín Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Coast of Utopia is a 2002 trilogy of plays Voyage, Shipwreck, and Salvage, written by Tom Stoppard with focus on the philosophical Arcadia is a 1993 play by Tom Stoppard concerning the relationship between past and present and between order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is an absurdist, existentialist Tragicomedy by Tom Stoppard, first staged at the Edinburgh Rock 'n' Roll is a play by Czech -born British Playwright Tom Stoppard that premiered at the Royal Court Theatre Brazil is a 1985 Dystopian Black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam. Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 Romantic comedy / Drama Film. The film was directed by John Madden and co-written by playwright [1] In 2008 he received the Dan David prize for "Creative Rendering of the Past". The Dan David Prize is an annual award of $1 million each to three individuals who have made an outstanding contribution in the fields of science technology culture or social welfare

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Biography

Stoppard was born on 3 July 1937 in Zlín, Czechoslovakia[1] and moved to Singapore[1] with other Jews on 15 March 1939, the day the Nazis invaded. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Singapore Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German In 1941, the family was evacuated to Darjeeling, India, to escape the Japanese invasion of Singapore. Darjeeling ( Nepali:) is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. [1] His father, Eugene Straussler, remained behind as a British army volunteer, and died in a Japanese prison camp after capture. [1]

In India, Stoppard received an English education at the Mount Hermon School, Darjeeling. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Mount Hermon School is a school in the town of Darjeeling, in the Indian state of West Bengal. In late 1945, his mother Martha married a British army major named Kenneth Stoppard,[1] who gave the boys his English surname and moved the family with him to England after the war, in 1946. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland [1] Stoppard attended the Dolphin School in Nottinghamshire, and later completed his education at Pocklington School in Yorkshire. The Dolphin School is a co-educational private school for boys and girls between the ages 3 to 13 Pocklington School, is a public school in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Stoppard left school at seventeen and began work as a journalist for Western Daily Press in Bristol. [1] Thus, he never received a university education. [3] He remained there from 1954 through 1958. In 1958, the Bristol Evening World offered Stoppard the position of feature writer, humor columnist and secondary drama critic, which took Stoppard into the world of theater. [1] At the Bristol Old Vic (at the time a well-regarded regional repertory company),[1] Stoppard formed friendships with director John Boorman and actor Peter O'Toole early in their careers. The Bristol Old Vic is a Theatre complex and theatrical company in the centre of Bristol, England. John Boorman (born January 18, 1933) is an English filmmaker currently based in Ireland best known for his feature films such as Point Peter O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an Irish and British actor who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T [1] In Bristol, he became known more for his strained attempts at humor[1] and unstylish clothes than for his writing. [1]

By 1960, he had completed his first play A Walk on the Water,[1] which was later re-packaged as 1968's Enter a Free Man. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stoppard noted that the work owed much to Robert Bolt's Flowering Cherry and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. [1] Within a week after sending A Walk on the Water to an agent, Stoppard received his version of the "Hollywood-style telegrams that change struggling young artists' lives. "[1] His first play was optioned, later staged in Hamburg, and then broadcast on British Independent Television in 1963. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany [1]

From September 1962 until April 1963, Stoppard worked in London as a drama critic for Scene magazine,[1] writing reviews and interviews both under his name and the pseudonym William Boot (taken from Evelyn Waugh's Scoop). Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh (ˈiːvlɪn ˈwɔː (28 October 1903 &ndash 10 April 1966 was an English Writer, best known for such darkly humorous and In 1964, a Ford Foundation grant enabled Stoppard to spend 5 months writing in a Berlin mansion, emerging with a one-act play titled Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Meet King Lear,[1] which later evolved into his Tony-winning play Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. The Ford Foundation is a Private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is an absurdist, existentialist Tragicomedy by Tom Stoppard, first staged at the Edinburgh [1] In the following years, Stoppard produced several works for radio, television and the theater, including "M" is for Moon Among Other Things (1964), A Separate Peace (1966) and If You're Glad I'll Be Frank (1966). The 1967 London opening of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead at the Vic Theatre made Stoppard an overnight success. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is an absurdist, existentialist Tragicomedy by Tom Stoppard, first staged at the Edinburgh

Over the next ten years, in addition to writing some of his own works, Stoppard translated various plays into English, including works by Slawomir Mrozek, Johann Nestroy, Arthur Schnitzler, and Vaclav Havel. Sławomir Mrożek (born June 29, 1930) is a Polish Dramatist and Writer. Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy ( December 7, 1801 &ndash May 25, 1862) was an Opera singer actor and primarily Arthur Schnitzler ( May 15, 1862 - October 21, 1931) was an Austrian writer, Dramatist and doctor Václav Havel, GCB, CC, ( (born October 5, 1936) is a Czech Playwright Writer and Politician It was at this time that Stoppard became influenced by the works of Polish and Czech absurdists.

"Stoppardian" has become a term used to refer to works in which an author makes use of witty statements to create comedy while addressing philosophical concepts. [4]

Human rights activity

In his early works, Stoppard had avoided political and social issues, once going so far as to declare, "I must stop compromising my plays with this whiff of social application. They must be entirely untouched by any suspicion of usefulness. "[5] However, by 1977, Stoppard had become concerned with human rights issues, in particular with the situation of political dissidents in Central and Eastern Europe. Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. In February 1977, he visited the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries with a member of Amnesty International. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to [1] In June, Stoppard met Vladimir Bukovsky in London and travelled to Czechoslovakia (then under communist control), where he met dissident playwright and future president Václav Havel. Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky (Влади́мир Константи́нович Буко́вский b London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Václav Havel, GCB, CC, ( (born October 5, 1936) is a Czech Playwright Writer and Politician [1] Stoppard became involved with Index on Censorship, Amnesty International, and the Committee Against Psychiatric Abuse[1] and wrote various newspaper articles and letters about human rights. Index on Censorship is a Magazine founded in 1972 by Michael Scammell and a group of Writers, Journalists and Artists, [1] He was also instrumental in translating Havel's works into English.

The Tom Stoppard Prize was created in 1983 (in Stockholm, under the Charter 77 Foundation) and is awarded to authors of Czech origin. Charter 77 ( Charta 77 in Czech and in Slovak) was an informal civic initiative in Czechoslovakia from 1977 to 1992 named after the document In August 2005, Stoppard visited Minsk to give a seminar on playwriting and to learn first-hand about human rights and political problems in Belarus. Minsk (Мінск mʲinsk Минск mʲinsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east

Stoppard's passion for human rights influenced several of his works. He wrote Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1977) based on a request by Andre Previn; it was inspired by a meeting with a Russian exile. Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is a stage play by Tom Stoppard. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> André Previn ( Andreas Ludwig Priwin) KBE (b In Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth (1979) and Squaring the Circle (1984), he attacks the oppressive old regimes of Eastern Europe. Dogg's Hamlet Cahoot's Macbeth are two plays by Tom Stoppard, written to be performed together [6]

In a 2007 interview, Stoppard described himself as a "timid libertarian". Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the [7]

Works

Theatre

Stoppard's plays deal with philosophical issues while presenting verbal wit[1] and visual humour. The linguistic complexity of his works, with their puns, jokes, innuendo, and other wordplay,[1] is a chief characteristic of his work. A pun (or paronomasia) is a Phrase that deliberately exploits confusion between similar-sounding Words for humorous or Rhetorical An innuendo (also called insinuation) is a remark or question typically disparaging that works obliquely by Allusion. Word play is a Literary technique in which the nature of the words that are used become the main subject of the work Many also feature multiple timelines.

Radio, film, and TV

In his early years, Stoppard wrote extensively for BBC radio, in many cases introducing a touch of surrealism. His original works for radio are:

Stoppard has also adapted many of his stage works for radio.

In his television play Professional Foul (1977), an English philosophy professor visits Prague, officially to speak at a colloquium, unofficially to watch a football international between England and Czechoslovakia. Professional Foul is a play written by Czech-born British playwright Tom Stoppard. He meets one of his former students and is persuaded to smuggle the student's dissident thesis out of the country.

He has also adapted many of his own plays for film and TV, notably the 1990 production of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is an absurdist, existentialist Tragicomedy by Tom Stoppard, first staged at the Edinburgh Tom Stoppard has written extensively for film and television. Some of his better-known scripts and adaptations include:

Stoppard assisted George Lucas in polishing up some of the dialogue for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and in fact was responsible for almost every line of dialogue in the film[9]. Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog, published in 1889 is a humorous account by Jerome K Jerome Klapka Jerome ( May 2, 1859 – June 14, 1927) was an English writer and Humorist, best known for the humorous travelogue Clive Exton ( 11 April 1930 - 16 August 2007) was a British Television and Film Scriptwriter, sometime Professional Foul is a play written by Czech-born British playwright Tom Stoppard. Václav Havel, GCB, CC, ( (born October 5, 1936) is a Czech Playwright Writer and Politician Brazil is a 1985 Dystopian Black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam. Terrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American -born British Writer, Filmmaker, Animator and member "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Charles McKeown (b1946 is a British actor and writer perhaps best known for his collaborations with Terry Gilliam. See also Empire of the Sun (soundtrack Empire of the Sun is a epic War film based on J The Russia House is a Novel by John le Carré published in 1989 Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 Romantic comedy / Drama Film. The film was directed by John Madden and co-written by playwright Marc Norman (born Los Angeles California, 1941 is an American screenwriter "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Enigma is a 2001 film set in World War II. It stars Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet and is based on the novel Enigma The Golden Compass is a Fantasy film based upon Northern Lights (published as The Golden Compass in the U George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, producer, Screenwriter Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 Adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a story co-written by Executive producer It is also rumoured that Stoppard worked on Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, though Stoppard received no official or formal credit in this role. Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 Space opera Film written and directed by George Lucas. He worked in a similar capacity with Tim Burton on his film Sleepy Hollow. Timothy "Tim" William Burton (born August 25 1958 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and Set designer, notable for the quirky Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 period Horror film directed by Tim Burton, interpreting the legend of The Headless Horseman

Literature

Stoppard has written one novel, Lord Malquist and Mr Moon (1966). It is set in contemporary London and its cast includes not only the eighteenth century figure of the dandified Malquist and his ineffectual Boswell, Moon, but also a couple of cowboys with live bullets in their six-shooters, a lion (banned from the Ritz) and a donkey-borne Irishman claiming to be the Risen Christ. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. James Boswell 9th Laird of Auchinleck ( October 29, 1740 - May 19, 1795) was a lawyer diarist and Author born in Edinburgh The Ritz Hotel London is a 133-room Hotel located in Piccadilly and overlooking Green Park in London.

Awards

Responding to the award, Tom Stoppard paid tribute to the Critics' Circle itself, explaining that with his literal mind "your organisation is perhaps the original circle that cannot be squared. The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955 are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is an absurdist, existentialist Tragicomedy by Tom Stoppard, first staged at the Edinburgh The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The Prix Italia is a national Italian television film and broadcasting Award. For other uses see Jumper Jumpers is a 1972 play by Tom Stoppard. The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955 are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre. Travesties is a comedic play by Tom Stoppard, first produced at the Aldwych Theatre, London, on June 10, 1974 Travesties is a comedic play by Tom Stoppard, first produced at the Aldwych Theatre, London, on June 10, 1974 The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Night and Day was a 1978 play by Tom Stoppard. The sets and costumes were designed by Carl Toms and it ran for two years at the Phoenix Theatre The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955 are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre. The Real Thing is a play by Tom Stoppard, first performed in 1982 The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955 are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre. The Real Thing is a play by Tom Stoppard, first performed in 1982 The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Arcadia is a 1993 play by Tom Stoppard concerning the relationship between past and present and between order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards ("Drama Theatre Awards" in 1989 and 1990 are presented annually for the year's theatrical achievements The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955 are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre. Arcadia is a 1993 play by Tom Stoppard concerning the relationship between past and present and between order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge The Invention of Love is a play by Tom Stoppard portraying the life of poet A The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955 are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre. Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 Romantic comedy / Drama Film. The film was directed by John Madden and co-written by playwright "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Coast of Utopia is a 2002 trilogy of plays Voyage, Shipwreck, and Salvage, written by Tom Stoppard with focus on the philosophical The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The Critics' Circle is a Professional association of British critics of dance drama film music visual arts and architecture The Royal National Theatre, located on the South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. "[10]

He was appointed CBE in 1978 and knighted in 1997. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Knight is the English term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages. He has been co-opted into the Outrapo group. DiskussionOutrapo]] Outrapo stands for " Ou vroir de tra gicomédie po tentielle" which translates roughly as " Workshop of Potential

Personal life

Stoppard has been married twice, to Josie Ingle (1965–1972), a nurse, and to Miriam Stoppard (née Stern and subsequently Miriam Moore-Robinson, 1972–1992), whom he left to begin a relationship with actress Felicity Kendal. Miriam Stoppard MD DSc FRCP DCL (née Stern and subsequently Miriam Moore-Robinson born 12 May 1937 is a British Felicity Ann Kendal, CBE (born 25 September 1946) is an English actress who is well known in the United Kingdom for her He has two sons from each marriage, including the actor Ed Stoppard and Will Stoppard, who is married to violinist Linzi Stoppard. Edmund Stoppard (born September 1974 often credited as Ed Stoppard, is a British Actor. Linzi Stoppard (born 1979 in Surrey) is a Violinist from United Kingdom.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Salon. com People | Tom Stoppard" (biography), Amy Reiter, November 2001, webpage: Salon-TStoppard.
  2. ^ "BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Stoppard play sweeps Tony awards" BBC News Online, June 2007, webpage: BBC739885.
  3. ^ Tom Stoppard at the Complete Review
  4. ^ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Summary and Study Guide - Tom Stoppard
  5. ^ R+G Historical Context at http://www.answers.com/topic/rosencrantz-and-guildenstern-are-dead-play-5
  6. ^ Tom Stoppard (1937 - )
  7. ^ Libertarians: the new 'It' faction
  8. ^ ArtScope.net: Artist Descending a Staircase
  9. ^ Empire: Features
  10. ^ The British Theatre Guide: Critics' Circle Honours Stoppard

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NAME Stoppard, Tom, Sir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Straussler, Tomáš; Boot, William
SHORT DESCRIPTION British playwright and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Zlín, Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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