To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.

H. P. Lovecraft, 1890 – 1937
Tom Stoppard biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Tom Stoppard

Author Name:

Tom Stoppard

Born As:

Tomáš Straussler

Other Names:

Sir Tom Stoppard, OM, CBE

Born:

3 Jul 1937

Died:





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Dramatist, playwright and screenwriter                          
Selected Works:

Theatre:

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - 1966
Enter a Free Man - 1968
The Real Inspector Hound - 1968
After Magritte - 1970 
Jumpers - 1972
Artist Descending a Staircase - 1972
Born Yesterday - 1973 - Director
Travesties - 1974 
Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land - 1976
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - 1977
Night and Day - 1978 
Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth - 1979
15-Minute Hamlet - 1979 
Undiscovered Country - 1979
On the Razzle - 1981 
The Real Thing - 1982 
Rough Crossing - 1984
Dalliance - 1986 
Hapgood - 1988 
Arcadia - 1993
Indian Ink - 1995
The Invention of Love - 1997
The Coast of Utopia - 2002
Rock 'n' Roll - 2006
Henry IV - written by Luigi Pirandello in Italian.

Radio: 

The Dissolution of Dominic Boot - 1964
‘M’ is for Moon amongst Other Things - 1964
 If you’re Glad I’ll be Frank - 1966
Albert's Bridge - 1967
Where are They Now? - 1968
Artist Descending a Staircase - 1972
The Dog it was that Died - 1982
 In the Native State - 1991 - Stoppard later expanded the work to become the stage play Indian Ink 1995

TV: 

Three Men in a Boat - 1975 - adaptation of Jerome K. Jerome's novel for BBC Television
The Boundary - 1975 - co-authored by Clive Exton, a 30 minute BBC television play written, rehearsed and performed within a week
Professional Foul - 1977 - dedicated to fellow playwright Václav Havel
Brazil - 1985 - co-authored with Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown, script nominated for an Academy Award
Empire of the Sun - 1987
The Russia House - 1990
Shakespeare in Love - 1998 - co-authored with Marc Norman, script won an Academy Award
Enigma - 2001
The Golden Compass - 2005 - a draft screenplay, subsequently rejected

Novel:
Lord Malquist and Mr Moon - 1966.
                          
Mother Martha
Father Eugene Straussler
Wife one Josie Ingle, 1965-1972, two children
Wife two Miriam Stern, 1972-1992, two children
Partner Felicity Kendall 1992                          
                          
Moved to Singapore with other Jews on March 15, 1939, the day the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia. In 1941, the family was evacuated to Darjeeling, India, to escape the Japanese invasion of Singapore. His father, Eugene, remained behind as a British army volunteer, and died in a Japanese prison camp after capture.