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Tom
Stoppard

Born in Czechoslovakia, Stoppard came to London via a childhood spent in Singapore and India. He began his career as a journalist writing for the Western Daily Press in Bristol, and then for the Bristol Evening World. He is the author of the stage plays Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1967) followed by Enter a Free Man, The Real Inspector Hound, After Magritte, Dogg’s Our Pet, Jumpers, Travesties, Dirty Linen and Newfoundland, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (with Andre Previn), Night and Day, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Artist Descending a Staircase (adapted from his radio play), Arcadia, Indian Ink (stage version of In The Native State), The Invention of Love, The Coast of Utopia (a trilogy including “Voyage”, Shipwreck” and “Salvage”) and Rock’n’Roll. His plays have won four Tony Awards, eight London Evening Standard Awards and an Olivier Award. His Radio plays include The Dissolution of Dominic Boot, M is for Moon Among Other Things, If You’re Glad I’ll be Frank, Albert’s Bridge (winner of Prix Italia), Where Are They Now?, Artist Descending a Staircase, The Dog It Was That Died, and In The Native State. His translations and adaptations include Undiscovered Country (Schnitzler), Dalliance (Schitzler), On The Razzle (Nestroy), Rough Crossing (Molnar), The Seagull (Chekhov), Henry IV (Pirandello) and Heroes (Sibleryas). His work for television features A Separate Peace, Teeth, Another Moon Called Earth, The Boundary (co-written by Clive Exton), Professional Foul, and Squaring the Circle. Stoppard has also developed scripts for the following films: The Romantic Englishwoman, Despair, Human Factor, Brazil (co-writer), Empire of the Sun, The Russia House, Billy Bathgate, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (writer/director; Winner of the Best Film, Venice Film Festival); Shakespeare in Love (co-written with Marc Norman; Academy Award Winner for Best Screen Play) and Enigma. Considering his incredible catalogue of work, Stoppard received a Knighthood in 1997 and the Order of Merit in 2000. He has been on the Board of the Royal National Theatre and is currently Chairman of the London Library, and a member of the Board of The Donmar Warehouse Theatre. Stoppard also holds honorary degrees from Bristol, Brunel, Leeds, Sussex, London, Kenyon College, York, Hull, and Yale.