|
Tom Stoppard
Birth at
3 July 1937
|
Famous playwright and director Tom Stoppard was born on July 3, 1937 in the Czech city of Zlin. In 1939, the family fled to Singapore, where the boy’s father was killed, and his mother moved to India, where she married officer Kenneth Stoppard, who would later give his name to the boy. In 1946, the Stoppard family moved to Bristol, England. Tom, before graduating from university, becomes a reporter for local city newspapers, where from time to time he writes articles about theater and cinema.
In
more
Famous playwright and director Tom Stoppard was born on July 3, 1937 in the Czech city of Zlin. In 1939, the family fled to Singapore, where the boy’s father was killed, and his mother moved to India, where she married officer Kenneth Stoppard, who would later give his name to the boy.
In 1946, the Stoppard family moved to Bristol, England. Tom, before graduating from university, becomes a reporter for local city newspapers, where from time to time he writes articles about theater and cinema.
In 1963, Tom Stoppard tried to write plays for radio and television. Stoppard's fame comes in 1966, when his play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" was praised by critics at the Edinburgh Festival, and the production at the National Theatre becomes an event in the cultural life of the British capital. The playwright has received numerous awards on both sides of the Atlantic.
Stoppard's next significant play is the play "Jumpers", which was written in 1972, and, despite the ambiguous reaction of critics, the screenwriter was awarded the Evening Standard and Place and Players awards for 1972.
His next work, Travesti, was written in the style of political comedy in 1974 and was very well received by both critics and the public. This play earned Tom Stoppard his second Tony Award for 1976 and the Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy of 1974.
Other plays by Tom Stoppard include Every Good Boy Deserves an Award, The Real, Love Fantasy and others.
Tom Stoppard has written screenplays for films such as
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" "Brazil," "Shakespeare in Love." The playwright also acted as a director – he himself directed the film “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead”, which received the “Golden Lion” at the festival in Venice in 1990.
In 2000, Queen Elizabeth II awarded Tom Stoppard the British Order of Merit, and Stoppard became Sir Tom.