Tom Stoppard

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Biography

Tom Stoppard’s most recent play, Leopoldstadt, opened at Wyndham’s Theatre in 2020 and transferred to Broadway in 2022. It won multiple Awards, including an Olivier Award and Tony Award for Best Play.

His plays include: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, After Magritte, Jumpers, Dogg’s Our Pett, New-Found Land, Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth, Travesties, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (a play for actors and orchestra written with André Previn), Night and Day, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Arcadia, Indian Ink, The Invention of Love, The Coast of Utopia, Rock ‘n’ Roll and The Hard Problem.

Adaptations include: Tango, Undiscovered Country, On the Razzle, Rough Crossing and Dalliance.

Translations include: The Seagull, Henry IV, Ivanov, The Cherry Orchard, The House Of Bernarda Alba and Largo Desolato. He has written eight Evening Standard award-winning plays and five of his plays have won Tony awards.

Radio plays include: Darkside (set to Pink Floyd’s album, The Dark Side of the Moon); On ‘Dover Beach’, If You’re Glad, I’ll Be Frank, Albert’s Bridge (Italia Prize winner); M is for Moon Among Other Things, The Dissolution of Dominic Boot, Where Are They Now?, Artist Descending a Staircase, The Dog It Was That Died and In the Native State.

Television adaptations include: Parade’s End (BBC/HBO); A Walk on the Water (from Enter a Free Man); Three Men in a Boat and The Dog It Was That Died. Original television screenplays include: Another Moon Called Earth, A Separate Peace, Neutral Ground, Teeth and Professional Foul, which won awards from BAFTA, the Broadcasting Press Guild and Squaring the Circle. He adapted his television dramatisation of Jerome K Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat for BBC Radio.

Screenplays include Anna Karenina, Despair, The Romantic Englishwoman, The Human Factor, Brazil, Empire of the Sun, The Russia House, Billy Bathgate, Poodle Springs and Shakespeare in Love (with Marc Norman), which won him an Academy award for Best Original Screenplay, a Golden Globe and the Broadcast Film Critics and American Guild awards for Best Screenplay 1998. He directed and wrote the screenplay for the film of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, which won the Prix d’Or at the Venice Film Festival 1990 for Best Film.

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Credits

Theatre

Production	Company	Notes
ARCADIA 2026	Sonia Friedman	West End Transfer Directed by Carrie Cracknell
ARCADIA 2026	The Old Vic	Directed by Carrie Cracknell
INDIAN INK 2025	Hampstead Theatre	Directed by Jonathan Kent
THE INVENTION OF LOVE 2025	Hampstead Theatre	Directed by Blanche McIntyre
THE REAL THING 2024	The Old Vic	Directed by Max Webster
ROCK 'N' ROLL 2023 – 2024	Hampstead Theatre	Dir. Nina Raine
LEOPOLDSTADT 2020	Sonia Friedman Productions	Directed by Patrick Marber
THE HARD PROBLEM 2018	Lincoln Center Theater	Directed by Jack O’Brien
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD 2017	The Old Vic	Directed by David Leveaux
TRAVESTIES 2017	Sonia Friedman Productions	West End and Broadway transfer
TRAVESTIES 2016	Mernier Chocolate Factory	Directed by Patrick Marber
HAPGOOD 2015	Hampstead Theatre	Directed by Howard Davies
THE HARD PROBLEM 2015	National Theatre	Directed by Nicholas Hytner
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE 2014	Disney Theatrical Productions/Sonia Friedman Productions	Dir: Declan Donnellan
THE CHERRY ORCHARD 2009		Adaptation of the play by Anton Chekhov
IVANOV 2008		Adaptation of the play by Anton Chekhov
ROCK’N’ROLL 2006
HENRY IV 2004		Translation of ENRICO IV by Luigi Pirandello
THE COAST OF UTOPIA 2002		A trilogy comprising VOYAGE, SHIPWRECK and SALVAGE
THE SEAGULL 1997		Translation of the play by Anton Chekhov
THE INVENTION OF LOVE 1997
INDIAN INK 1995		Based on IN THE NATIVE STATE
ARCADIA 1993
HAPGOOD 1988
LARGO DESOLATO 1987		Translation of the play by Václav Havel
DALLIANCE 1986		Based on the original play LIEBELEI by Arthur Schnitzler
ROUGH CROSSING 1984		Based on Play at the Castle by Ferenc Molnár Music by André Previn
THE LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES 1983		English libretto for opera by Sergei Prokofiev
THE REAL THING 1982
ON THE RAZZLE 1981		Based on EINEN JUX WILL ER SICH MACHEN by Johann Nestroy
UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY 1979		An adaptation of DAS WEITE LAND by Arthur Schnitzler
DOGG’S HAMLET, CAHOOTS MACBETH 1979
NIGHT AND DAY 1978
EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR 1977		Music by André Previn
DIRTY LINEN & NEW-FOUND-LAND 1976
THE BOUNDARY 1975		One Act Play written with Clive Exton
TRAVESTIES 1974
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA 1973		Adaptation of the play by Federico Garcia Lorca
JUMPERS 1972
ARTIST DESCENDING A STAIRCASE 1972
AFTER MAGRITTE 1969
IF YOU’RE GLAD I’LL BE FRANK 1968		One Act
ALBERT’S BRIDGE 1968
THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND 1968
ENTER A FREE MAN 1968
TEETH 1967
TANGO 1966		Adapted from the play by Sławomir Mrożek
A SEPARATE PEACE 1966		One Act
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD 1966

Radio

Production	Company	Notes
DARKSIDE 2013	BBC Radio 2	Transmitted 26th August 2013 Written to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’

Film

Production	Company	Notes
ANNA KARENINA 2012	Working Title/Universal/Focus Features	Screenplay from the novel by Tolstoy Directed by Joe Wright Produced by Tim Bevan, Paul Webster with Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson *Nominated for Outstanding British Film, BAFTA 2013
ENIGMA 2001	Intermedia/Paramount	Screenplay from the novel by Robert Harris Directed by Michael Apted Produced by Mick Jagger, Lorne Michaels with Kate Winslet, Dougray Scott, Saffron Burrows
VATEL 2000	Legende/Miramax	English adaptation Directed by Roland Joffe Produced by Alain Goldman with Uma Thurman, Gerard Depardieu, Tom Roth
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE 1998	Miramax	Screenplay from Marc Norman Directed by John Madden Produced by Donna Gigliotti, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick with Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes * Winner of a South Bank Show Award for Cinema 2000 * Winner of Best Screenplay, Evening Standard British Film Awards 2000 * Winner of Oscars for Best Screenplay and Best Picture, Academy Awards 1999 * Silver Bear for Screenwriting * Winner of Best Film Award, BAFTA 1999 * Nominated for Best Original Screenplay, BAFTA 1999 * Winner of Best Screenplay Award, WGA 1999 * Winner of Best Screenplay and Best Motion Picture, Golden Globes 2000 * BFI for Best Screenplay * Winner of Best Original Screenplay, BFCA Awards 1999 * Nominated for Best Picture, BFCA Awards 1999 * Winner of Best Screenplay, NYFCC Awards 1998
BILLY BATHGATE 1991	Touchstone/BVI	Screenplay from the novel by E L Doctorow Directed by Robert Benton Produced by Robert Colesberry, Arlene Donovan with Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis
THE RUSSIA HOUSE 1990	MGM/Pathe	Screenplay from novel by J Le Carre Directed by Fred Schepisi Produced by Paul Maslansky with Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer
ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD 1990	Brandenberg	Screenplay from his own play Directed by Tom Stoppard Produced by Emanuel Azenberg, Michael Brandman with Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfus * Winner of Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival 1990
EMPIRE OF THE SUN 1987	Warner Bros	Screenplay from novel by J G Ballard Directed by Stephen Spielberg Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall with John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Christian Bale * Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay Award, BAFTA 1989 * Nominated for Best Motion Picture (Drama), Golden Globes 1988
BRAZIL 1985	Embassy/Universal	Co-Screenplay Directed by Terry Gilliam Produced by Arnon Milchan with Robert de Niro, Michael Palin, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Jonathan Pryce * Nominated for Oscar for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, Academy Awards 1986 * Winner of Best Screenplay, LA Film Critics Association Awards 1985 * Winner of Best Picture, LA Film Critics Association Awards 1985
THE HUMAN FACTOR 1980	Rank/Sigma	Screenplay from the novel by Graham Green Directed by Otto Preminger with Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi
DESPAIR 1978	Bavaria/New Line	From the book by Vladimir Nabokov Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder Produced by Peter Marthesheimer with Dirk Bogarde
THE ROMANTIC ENGLISHWOMAN 1975	Arlington Properties/New World Pictures	Screenplay from the novel by Thomas Wiseman Directed by Joseph Losey Produced by Daniel Angel with Glenda Jackson, Michael Caine

Television

Production	Company	Notes
PARADE'S END 2012	BBC/Mammoth Screen	5 x 1 hour television From the novel by Ford Madox Ford Directed by Susanna White Produced by Damien Timmer, Michele Buck with Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall * Best TV Drama, 2013 Sky Arts Awards
POODLE SPRINGS 1998	Mirage/HBO	From the book by Raymond Chandler and Robert Parker Directed by Bob Rafelson Produced by Tony Mark with James Caan, Brian Cox
LARGO DESOLATO 1990		Television film Screenplay from the play by Vaclav Havel Directed by Jiri Zizka
THE DOG IT WAS THAT DIED 1988	Granada	Television film Adapted from his own play Directed by Peter Wood Produced by Roy Roberts with Alan Bates
SQUARING THE CIRCLE 1984	Channel 4	Original Screenplay Directed by Mike Hodges
PROFESSIONAL FOUL 1977	BBC	Original Screenplay Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg Produced by Mark Shivas with Stephen Rea * Winner of Best Single Drama, Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 1978
THREE MEN IN A BOAT 1975	BBC	From the novel by Jerome K Jerome Directed by Stephen Frears Produced by Rosemary Hill with Tim Curry, Michael Palin

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