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Stoppard, Tom
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Stoppard, Tom (1937– ), dramatist, born in Czechoslovakia; his family settled in England after the war. He published a novel,
Lord Malquist and the Moon (1965), and his play
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1966) attracted much attention. This was followed by many witty and inventive plays, including
The Real Inspector Hound (1968);
Jumpers (1972);
Travesties (1974);
Dirty Linen (1976, a satire of political life);
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1977);
Night and Day (1978), about the dangers of the ‘closed shop’ in journalism;
The Real Thing (1982), a marital tragi-comedy;
Arcadia (1993, set in a country house); and
Indian Ink (1995). Stoppard has also written many works for film, radio, and television, including
Professional Foul (TV, 1977). Stoppard's work displays a metaphysical wit, a strong theatrical sense, and a talent for pastiche which enables him to move from mode to mode within the same scene with great flexibility and rapidity; yet the plays appear far from frivolous in intention, increasingly posing considerable ethical problems. His Trilogy (
Voyage,
Shipwreck,
Salvage), collectively titled
The Coast of Utopia, was performed at the Royal National Theatre in 2002.
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Tom Stoppard and his First Biographer.(Double Act: A Life of Tom Stoppard)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Double Act: A Life of Tom Stoppard. Ira Nadel. Methuen. [pounds...ISBN 0-413-73050-6. Tom Stoppard is arguably the world's greatest...of such a serious misreading of Tom Stoppard's life and work, one can only...
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Talking chaos with Tom Stoppard
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/11/1996; ; 700+ words
; As you might expect, the message on Tom Stoppard's answering machine is, well, Stoppardian...unlock the enigmas inside the enigmas that are Tom Stoppard, the last person to ask is Stoppard. And for good reason. A major thread throughout...
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Mind over matter.(playwright Tom Stoppard)
Magazine article from: Newsweek; 4/3/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...an age of sound bites, Tom Stoppard, whose `Arcadia' arrives...turn on their brains Tom Stoppard is a seducer with a difference...moon landing, said, "Tom expects his audiences...university wit" to put down Stoppard for frivolity and shallowness...
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Life in Progress? A Canadian academic attempts a biography of British playwright Tom Stoppard.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: World and I; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...World & I. His review of Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia appears...stepchildren to England, where Stoppard and his brother were given a private...adoption of a British identity as Tom Stoppard; he retained no significant attachment...
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Book reviews: Double Act: A life to Tom Stoppard: Stoppard plays Czech mate
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 6/30/2002; ; 700+ words
; Double Act: A life to Tom Stoppard By Ira Nadel Methuen 25 pounds SHORTLY...s about to make me rich," Tom Stoppard swiftly retorted. It did, despite...wit that runs throughout his work. Stoppard is the postwar artist who, more...
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The playwright's the thing; Flawed, stodgy biography can't quite ruin the fascinating story of Tom Stoppard's life.(SUNDAY REVIEW)(Review)
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Byline: David Kipen Tom Stoppard A Life By Ira Nadel PALGRAVE...After a few years there, Stoppard's mother meets and marries...him and enables young Tom to -- in the phrase Laurence...become English." Stoppard's youth even gives a...
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PROFILE: SIR TOM STOPPARD Enemy of the puerile The playwright's heartfelt attack on modern art last week is entirely in character
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 6/3/2001; 700+ words
; ...It would be tempting to see, in Tom Stoppard's denunciation of modern art...64 and a knight of the theatre, Stoppard knows tripe when he sees it. He...brave of him to say it," says Stoppard's friend, the best-selling...
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The Arts: The poet punts down the Styx Tom Stoppard's new play takes place in A.E. Housman's head. The playwright talks to Tobias Hill about poetry, Latin, love and the frustrating absence of a dark mistress
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 9/28/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Shaw and beyond. The painting of Tom Stoppard shows his face as a divided caricature...and particularly reminiscent of Stoppard's latest work. In The Invention...spent in lovelessness. I meet Tom Stoppard by the stage door. As we make...
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Profile: Tom Stoppard's "The Coast of Utopia" looks at the old Russian intelligentsia
Transcript from: Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR); 11/23/2002; ; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 Profile: Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia looks at the old Russian...been a nine-and-a-half hour trilogy by Tom Stoppard. Now over the last 40 years, Mr. Stoppard has written about a virtuosity of subjects ranging...
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All right an assessment of Tom Stoppard's plays.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...debuts have been as triumphant as Tom Stoppard's -- from anonymity to precocious...Guildenstern Are Dead (1967). Stoppard was still not quite 30 years old...seminal despair has underpinned Stoppard's seemingly effortless progress...
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Tom Stoppard
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Tom Stoppard 1937-, English playwright, b. Zl...characters in Shakespeare's Hamlet. Stoppard is noted for his idiosyncratic style...literary scholar, his finest works. Stoppard's other plays include The Real Inspector...
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Stoppard, Tom
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Tom Stoppard Born: July 3, 1937 Zlin, Czechoslovakia...playwrights, Czechoslovakian-born Tom Stoppard is popular in the United States as well...manufacturing company, Thomas Straussler (Stoppard) was born on July 3, 1937, in Zlin...
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Stoppard Tom
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Stoppard Tom [ Tom Straussler ], (1937–...1974), first seen in Hamburg in 1964. Stoppard's next play, The Real Inspector Hound...respectively, they provided supreme examples of Stoppard's astonishing verbal dexterity. A double...
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Thomas Stoppard
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Thomas Stoppard One of England's most important playwrights, Tom Stoppard (born 1937) was popular in the United States as...shoe manufacturing company, Thomas Straussler (Stoppard) was born on July 3, 1937, in Zlin, Czechoslovakia...
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Toms, Carl
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Toms, Carl (1927–...particularly associated with Stoppard : Travesties (1974; NY, 1975...and Hapgood (1988); and Stoppard's translations produced at...and Dalliance (1986). Toms's designs for Bolt's Vivat...
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