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Tom Stoppard, Playwright of Ideas, Dies

Tom Stoppard, Playwright of Ideas, Dies at 88

Stoppard spun wordplay, philosophical debates and scientific principles into award-winning works including “Arcadia” and the screenplay for “Shakespeare in Love.”

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Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88

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'Shakespeare in Love' writer Tom Stoppard dead at 88

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Tom Stoppard, Sparkling Playwright Who Won an Oscar for 'Shakespeare in Love,' Dies at 88

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love” has died.

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Tom Stoppard Wrote Dialogue for Indiana Jones and Obi-Wan Kenobi

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Remembering Tom Stoppard, a Playwright of Thrilling Intellect

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When Tom Stoppard Confronted His Background in His Final Play

That changed in January 2020, when Stoppard’s play “ Leopoldstadt ” debuted in London before opening on Broadway in 2022, where it won the Tony Award for best play the following year.

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'One of our greatest writers': King leads tributes to Sir Tom Stoppard

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Tom Stoppard leaves 'majestic body' of intellectual work

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Remembering Tom Stoppard, Who Turned Big Ideas Into Thrilling Drama

For more than half a century, Tom Stoppard’s plays have left audiences entranced, whether those works were his earlier comedies like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Real Inspector Hound or more ambitious historical works like Arcadia and Leopoldstadt.

Tucson Weekly

Two Plays, Many Ideas

opened here last weekend. Winding Road Theater Ensemble has taken on Arthur Miller’s 1949 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Death of a Salesman,” and the Rogue Theater brings us a wild romp by Jez Butterworth, “Jerusalem.” The plays offer huge ...

BroadwayWorld

Kali Theatre Announces HOME - Six New Plays Exploring and Reimagining Ideas of 'Home'

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Celebrating its 30th Birthday and a return to live performances, Kali Theatre presents HOME - a week of script-in-hand productions of six ...

Los Angeles Times

‘Enemy of the People’ is the 19th century drama that still resonates with our pandemic-scarred society

“An Enemy of the People,” Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play about a doctor-turned-whistle-blower, is never out of season. But it would be challenging to find a 19th century drama that speaks as directly to our pandemic-scarred society as this one. Dr. Anthony ...

Midland Daily News

Dow High Drama to tap horror genre for play opening tonight

With Halloween right around the corner, the H.H. Dow High School Drama program is taking on a play with dark themes. “The Insanity of Mary Girard,” which opens Thursday at 7 p.m. at Central Auditorium, is set in the basement of a Pennsylvania hospital ...