Tom Stoppard Biography (1937-)

Original name, Thomas Straussler; born July 3, 1937, in Zlin, Czechoslovakia;immigrated to Bristol, England, 1945; naturalized citizen; son of Eugene Straussler (a physician) and Martha Stoppard; stepson of Kenneth Stoppard; married Jose Ingle, 1965 (divorced, 1972); married Miriam Moore-Robinson (a dermatologist and television personality), 1972 (divorced, 1992); children: (firstmarriage) Oliver, Barnaby; (second marriage) William, Edmund. Addresses: Agent: Peters, Fraser & Dunlop, Drury House, 34-43 Russell St., LondonWC2B 5HA, England.

Nationality: British
Ethnicity: Czech
Gender: Male
Occupation: Playwright, screenwriter, director, journalist
Birth Details: July 3, 1937; Zlin, Czechoslovakia

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Director
Born Yesterday, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1973
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Metropolitan Opera House, LincolnCenter, New York City, 1979
Film Director
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Cinecom, 1991
Film Appearances
Poodle Springs, HBO, 1998
WRITINGS
Plays
The Gamblers, produced at Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England, 1965
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, first produced at EdinburghFestival, Scotland, 1966 revised version produced by National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1967 later Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1967 published by Grove Press, 1967
Enter a Free Man (two-act; adaptation of Stoppard's television play A Walk on the Water), produced at St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1968later St. Clement's Theatre, New York City, 1974 published by Grove Press, 1968
Tango (adaptation), produced at Aldwych Theatre, London, 1968
The Real Inspector Hound, produced at Criterion Theatre, London, 1968 published by Faber, 1968
Albert's Bridge (adaptation of Stoppard's radio play of the same title), produced by Oxford Theatre Group, Edinburgh Festival, 1969 published by Samuel French, 1969
After Magritte, produced at Ambiance Theatre, London, 1970 later produced with The Real Inspector Hound as a double-bill at Theatre Four, New York City, 1972 published with The Real Inspector Hound by GrovePress, 1968 published separately, Faber, 1971
Dogg's Our Pet, produced at Ambiance Theatre, 1972
Jumpers, produced by National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1972 later Billy Rose Theatre, New York City, 1974 published by Grove Press, 1972 revised edition, Faber, 1986
The House of Bernarda Alba (adaptation of the play by Frederico Garcia Lorca), produced at Greenwich Theatre, London, 1973
Travesties, produced at Aldwych Theatre, 1974 then Ethel BarrymoreTheatre, New York City, 1974 published by Grove Press, 1975
Dirty Linen; New-found-land (double-bill), produced at Ambiance Theatre, 1976 then John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1977 published byGrove, 1976
The Fifteen-Minute Hamlet, Samuel French, 1976
(With music by Andre Previn) Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, produced in London, 1977 then Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, 1979 published with Professional Foul by Faber, 1978
Night and Day, produced at Phoenix Theatre, London, 1978 then JohnF. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, later American National Theatre and Academy Theatre, New York City, 1979 published by Faber, 1978 revised edition, Samuel French, c. 1980
Dogg's Hamlet; Cahoot's Macbeth (double-bill), produced atCollegiate Theatre, London, 1979 then Twenty-Two Steps Theatre, New York City, 1979 published by Faber, 1980
Undiscovered Country (adaptation of Das weite Land by Arthur Schnitzler), produced by National Theatre Company, 1979 published by Faber,1980
The Real Thing, produced at Strand Theatre, London, 1982 then Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1984 published by Faber, 1982 revised edition, 1983
On the Razzle (adaptation of Einen Jux will er sic machen by Johann Nestroy), produced by National Theatre Company, 1982 then Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1982 published by Faber, 1981
Rough Crossing (adaptation of Play at the Castle by FerencMolnar), produced by National Theatre Company, 1984 published by Faber, 1985
Dalliance (adaptation of the play Liebelei by Schnitzler),produced by National Theatre Company, 1986 published with Undiscovered Country, Faber, 1986
Hapgood, produced at Aldwych Theatre, 1988 published by Faber, 1988
Artist Descending a Staircase (adaptation of Stoppard's radio playof the same title), produced at Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1989
Arcadia, London production, 1993 then Vivian Beaumont Theatre, NewYork City, 1995 published by Faber, c. 1993
India Ink, 1995 published by Faber and Faber, 1995
The Invention of Love, London production, 1997 then New York City,2000 published by Grove Press, 1998
Stage Plays
As Translator

Vaclav Havel, Largo Desolato, produced by Yale Repertory Theatre,New Haven, CT, 1990 published by Faber, 1985
Screenplays
(With Thomas Wiseman) The Romantic Englishwoman (also known as Une anglaise romantique), New World, 1975
(With Wiseman) Despair (also known as Despair--Eine Reise ins Licht, based on the work by Vladimir Nabokov), New Line, 1978
The Human Factor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1979
(With Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown) Brazil, Universal, 1985
Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros., 1987
The Russia House (adaptation of the novel by John le Carre), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1990
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (adaptation of Stoppard's stage play of the same title), Cinecom, 1991 screenplay published by Faber, 1991
Billy Bathgate (adaptation of novel by E. L. Doctorow), Buena Vista, 1991
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet, 1995
Shakespeare in Love, Universal, 1998
(English adaptation) Vatel, Miramax, 2000
Engima, Intermedia Films, 2001
Television Plays
A Walk on the Water, BBC, 1963 revised as The Preservation of George Riley, BBC, 1964
A Separate Peace, BBC, 1966 published by Samuel French, 1977
Teeth (also known as Thirty-Minute Theatre: Teeth), BBC, 1967
Another Moon Called Earth (also known as Thirty-Minute Theatre:Another Moon Called Earth), BBC, 1967
Neutral Ground, BBC, 1968
The Engagement, NBC, 1970
One Pair of Eyes (documentary), BBC, 1972
(With Clive Exton) Eleventh House, BBC, 1975
(With Exton) Boundaries, 1975 published as The Boundary, Samuel French, 1991
Three Men in a Boat (adaptation), 1976
Professional Foul (also known as BBC2 Play of the Week: Professional Foul), 1977 published with Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Faber, 1978
Squaring the Circle, BBC, 1984 published with Every Good Boy Deserves Favour and Professional Foul by Faber, 1984
On the Razzle, PBS, 1986
The Dog It Was That Died, 1988
Largo Desolato, PBS, 1990
Television Movies
Ulazi slobodan covek, 1971
Konsert for en sluten avdelning, 1984
Poodle Springs, HBO, 1998
Radio Plays
The Dissolution of Dominic Boot, BBC, 1964
M Is for Moon among Other Things, BBC, 1964
If You're Glad, I'll Be Frank, BBC, 1965 published with Albert's Bridge, Faber, 1969 published separately, Faber, 1976 revised edition,Samuel French, 1978
Albert's Bridge, BBC, 1967 published with If You're Glad, I'llBe Frank, Faber, 1969
Where Are They Now?, BBC, 1970 published with Artist Descendinga Staircase, Faber, 1973
Artist Descending a Staircase, BBC, 1972 published with Where Are They Now?, Faber, 1973 published separately, Faber, 1988
The Dog It Was That Died, BBC, 1982 published in The Dog It WasThat Died and Other Plays, Faber, 1983
In the Native State, Radio 3, 1991 published by Faber, 1991
Omnibus Volumes
Albert's Bridge and Other Plays (contains If You're Glad, I'llBe Frank; Artist Descending a Staircase; Where Are They Now; and A Separate Peace), Grove Press, 1977
The Dog It Was That Died and Other Plays, Faber, 1983
Four Plays for Radio (contains Artist Descending a Staircase; Where Are They Now?; If You're Glad, I'll Be Frank; and Albert's Bridge), Faber, 1984
Stoppard: The Plays for Radio, 1964-1983, Faber, 1990
Television Plays, 1965-1984, Faber, 1993
Plays, Faber, 1996
Plays One: The Real Inspector Hound and Other Entertainments, Faber & Faber, 1996
Plays Two, Faber & Faber, 1996
Other
Lord Malquist and Mr. Moon (novel), Grove, 1966
Contributor of short stories to Introduction 2, 1964.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, Volume 39, Gale, 1992,pp. 405-13
Contemporary Dramatists, 6th ed.
Encyclopedia of World Biography, Gale, 1998
Gusow, Mel, Conversations with Stoppard, Limelight, 1995

Periodicals

New York Times, January 1, 1984 November 26, 1989

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